When it comes to reading letters to the editor and community columnists, I expect to read ridiculous and outrageous statements. I would expect more from an elected representative, although I don't know why.
Steve Kagan was almost an accidental winner of a congressional election in Wisconsin. Fortunately he was bounced out after a couple of terms.
His column today in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel just makes my blood boil. I don't even know where to begin, but questioning his math might be a good start. If there are 47 million in poverty who can't afford to pay taxes, another 26 million unemployed or underemployed, 55 million need children, disabled and retirees, 22 million small business owners unable to pay taxes, and 76 million students, who's left to pay taxes? I count 86,654,091 as of the last census update.
That's not many people paying for a whole lot of people. And Kagan's solution is to make some (meaning eventually all) of these 86 million pay more?
His history is really messed up, too. I didn't realize that the housing market collapse was brought on by Republicans.
How many failures of logic and outright lies can you find in this column? It's
here.
