Suffer the children

Who said I'm actually buying a car?

You did.

Can't I argue empirical examples of actual laws passed and tax rates instituted rather than ramble on with absurd theory?

A kindergardner can cite facts. Yes, focusing tax cuts on products that wealthier people purchase rather than cutting taxes for the people who are least able to afford them is disgusting. I've already stated that and more, yet I'm called a "reactionary". Sorry, but you don't have the progressive credentials to call anyone a "reactionary" on the economic front, because you are apparently in complete denial of the regressive effect of inflation. What kind of a progressive (or anyone who wants an honest assessment of what is going on) takes for granted the opinion of some corporate shysters, as if they have any incentive to give a rats ass about the effects of monetary policy on anyone but themselves?

Even those crazy liberal unquestioning progressive professional economists at Wells Fargo (not Wachovia) Securities are having a conference call today at 2pm Eastern detailing how DEflation is the problem of the short and near term.

Yea, deflation is the problem for the fat-cat asset holders. That's why they favor inflationary "easy credit" policies that cause their investment prices to soar and allow them to ride the wave of malinvestment and speculation. It's just too bad that this is the same policy that induces millions of middle class people to take on unrealistic debt loads. It's too bad that it's the same policy that ruins frugal wage-earning savers along with people on fixed incomes, and forces people to invest in more risky assets just to tread water. It's too bad that this is the policy that is primarily responsible for the current crisis. It's too bad that world history is replete with examples of governments and their central-banking partners debasing the currency for the benefit of the ruling class, and yet the left could care less (with a couple exceptions).

So it's no surprise that the industry hacks are concerned about deflation - they see themselves, and their assets, as the center of the economic solar system when in fact they are the parasites. Neither is it surprising that you would cite the financiers of corporate America to defend inflationism.

The financial sector is generally more aligned with the Democrats than the Republicans - just look at the top corporate donors to the Obama campaign and congressional Dems. The money trust was never "busted" by the progressive movement. Instead the banking fraternity traded some marginal control to the political establishment in exchange for monopoly control of the monetary system and a permanent seat at the table.

I also posit that we should be morally driven to prefer being taxed more to provide a health care (paying money for a good/service), than giving tax breaks to those that can afford new cars.

Why skip over the option of being morally driven to prefer voluntarily supporting non-profit healthcare?

I agree with you that tax breaks for the rich instead of the poor is a reflection of a very poor set of values held by those who control public policy. It's wrong for them to impose that set of values on others.

Can you acknowledge that other people might disagree with your priorities? Maybe some people don't share your priorities, and would rather see money go elsewhere. Perhaps they would rather have some more of their own money in their pocket to purchase some sort of preventative health care, or additional tutoring for their children. Should they have the right to force you to pay for their priorities? What if they are extremely religious and want you to fund some Bible-based 'moral' education? What if they want to pay for some sort of alternative medicine that you are skeptical of?

Do you like the idea of other people forcing their values and priorities on you? It's the golden rule.

Here endeth the lesson:
Don't negotiate with them. Govern.

Well that pretty much answers that! Just for the record, I don't want to spend your money for you, control your life or tell you what to do under threat of force. All I ask is that you return the favor. I realize I'm asking a lot, but you never know....