In
an interview with Bloomberg News yesterday, Donald Trump said that he is
considering adjusting capital gains taxes for inflation. As CNBC described, the
proposal "would be an estimated $100
billion tax cut that would benefit largely those who own assets such as stocks
and real estate." What makes this proposal so appalling is the fact that
it was made the same day that Trump announced pay freezes for civilian federal
workers. The cancellation of the planned 2.1% pay increase is necessary because "We must maintain efforts to put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable
course, and Federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases," Trump
said. This insult, occurring four days before Labor Day, would, by itself, be
grounds for impeachment in any rationally working political system. We,
however, are dealing with a system under which one of the least popular and
least skilled presidents in the country's history is guarded by his
auxiliary base: the Democratic Party. Nancy Pelosi said "Impeachment is, to me, divisive," Pelosi
isn’t the only one. Harry Reid said “The less we talk
about impeachment, the better off we are.” Maybe Harry Reid will be
better off, but not the working class. Some people have said that we need to wait for a Democratic majority
in Congress before talking about impeachment, but Pelosi said "Again, if
the facts are there, if the facts are there, then this would have to be
bipartisan to go forward. But if it is viewed as partisan, it will divide the
country, and I just don't think that's what we should do." So
Democrats won’t start demanding impeachment until Republicans support it? I’m
not clear on why we need more than one party if that is the way things are
done.