We ve wasted too much political capital on the child credit and should be looking at what can make us grow, because we want to be part of the growth. We want a tax structure that accomplishes that instead of pandering to us as a specific interest group women. Women are people. They need lower rates just like men. Here s a simple prescription on taxes.
People recognize that bad times lead to tax reform.
But there s a corollary. Good times can lead to tax reform, too. Republicans aren t going to win if they continue to be the party of who I am. They have to be the party of who I want to become. There s endless political capital to be gained by this switch at this point in history with so much growth going on in the economy.