Conservabot Says... More Tax Cuts, Bleep Blorp.

The other day, I called the modern conservative movement "a Mad Libs movement, [lazily] using the same outline, just filling in the blanks with new words to keep up with the times." The debate showed this again.

And one of my favorite Mad Libs books is The National Review's blog, The Corner(*)... home of daily Iran news round-ups, abortion fretting, and Battlestar Galactica discussion.

(*Also, did you know Greta Van Susteren and Geraldo Rivera are 'liberal Dems'? To Cornerites they are!)

Today I stumbled across a post by CNBC host Larry Kudlow entitled... 'It’s Time for Tax Cuts'. Isn't it always, Larry? Isn't it always?

Let's review this dogma... Economy doing good? Tax cuts! Economy doing bad? Tax cuts! Deficits? Tax cuts! Surplus? Tax cuts! Morning, noon, night? Tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts!

In this post, Kudlow praises a Wall Street Journal column "on the threat of an economic downturn and the relevance of tax cuts to reignite the economy". He goes on to discuss how this magic pill will solve our economic woes... without directly acknowledging in his post the numerous circumstances and trends that have caused those woes. And he boasts cheerfully that "The real supply-side 'bang for the buck' comes at the top-end" of the economy (but of cour$e!), while conceding to throw the middle class a bone or two.

The latter part, apart from being such a cliche, ignores that the issues threatening said economic downturn-- the housing crisis, depressed wages, high home heating costs, etc etc-- are a strictly middle/lower-middle class problem, and those at the "top-end" of the economy don't need any help. They're the only ones who've seen their situation improve in recent years. But again, we're not having a real discussion, we're just filling in blanks on a pre-written script.

As for the other side of this debate, Kudlow is dismissive. "Democrats also will try and make the case that taxes should be cut for the so-called middle class, and raised on upper-income earners," he writes, "This is futile." As is resistance. Tax Cut Borg will assimilate you all.

I personally am praying for economic recovery. I'm sure Larry will be there then to insist on more tax cuts.