It’s a little confusing, but it had to happen–pendulums being pendulums. It seems that people are discovering that all those tax cuts and breaks for the wealthy are destroying their middle-class everyday services, such as police and fire protection, schools, and libraries. They want those services and are willing to pay for them.
This is leading to a new attitude: anti-anti tax cuts. It’s so serious in Kansas, a staunch Republican state, that people are saying they’re ready to vote in a Democrat for Governor so they have a chance at recovering the services they want and need. Kansas farmers are really upset, but many other citizens are also watching their state go broke. They see less and less money coming into the coffers while all the belts have been tightened so far they’re binding up people’s vital internal organs.
The anti-anti tax cut attitude is spreading. It will be interesting to see how many of the 30 states currently with Republican governors stay Republican after the next election or if that party decides it would be wise to pull back on their current tax stance.