But assertions can be true, and irrelevant, and even moronic all at the same time. You don't get consumers to vote for deregulation by telling them their prices will go up. You entice them by telling them their prices will go down. And thus to make sure they're not being hoodwinked voters will often require some guarantees. Lots of my lefty friends can't get the logic of markets through their skulls and refuse to see the benefits of market forces in many aspects of economic life.
Phones are the key example, of course.
Cut the Tax Cut Sad to say it, but the Democrats seem to be losing the tactical battle to frame the tax cut debate. And there's simply no reason for it. Alan Greenspan's testimony yesterday is a setback. Every news story over the last month that points to support for a tax cut is chalked up as a victory for the president. Al Gore ran on a platform that supported a major tax cut.