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"The government could theoretically go back to the 20th century model of taxing more and building more free transportation, but voters haven't shown much appeti

"The government could theoretically go back to the 20th century model of taxing more and building more free transportation, but voters haven't shown much appetite for raising their taxes." This is the author weaseling out of addressing the reality that most Americans want higher taxes on the rich. Not taxes raised on everyone, not funds raised through purchasable perks. http://news.gallup.com/poll/208685/majority-say-wealthy-americans-corporations-taxed-little.aspx http://news.gallup.com/poll/208685/majority-say-wealthy-amer... "A significant majority of Americans believe that upper-income people and corporations pay too little in taxes, supporting other research showing that well less than half of Americans -- 38% -- agree with a proposal to cut corporate income taxes, and that the majority favor heavier taxes on the rich."

simonh 9y ago
Which would make voting in a president that openly campaigned in a platform to massively cut taxes on corporations and the rich unthinkable, right? You can often predict reasonably well what individual segments of the voting public will vote for, but they overlap with each other so divining the will of the voters as a whole is really hard. Unless you just promise everyone the earth without any regard to the cost. That can work.