I have been besieged with Repubclican television ads in Philadelphia accusing Democratic candidates of wanting to raise taxes. The reality is, given our current fiscal situation lowering taxes was not responsible and is simply putting a huge burden on our childern and grandchildren for things we refuse to pay for today.
Maybe we should stop ignoring the issue and throw it back in their face.
I am in no position to make this happen as I am only a part-time volunteer for Lois Murphy (PA-06), but maybe someone with some juice thinks this is a good idea and could make it happen.
I am thinking of something along the lines of:
"The Republican Congress has added more than $2 trillion to our national debt. The bill for this will come due some day and our children and grandchildren will have to pay for it. While nobody likes paying taxes, the reality is that there is no such thing as a free lunch. Lois Murphy [your canidate's name here] does not run up her credit card in her personal life and when she goes to Washington she will make sure our government pays its way instead of passing the buck to future generations of Americans. Restore fiscal responsibility to Washington - vote Democrat".
I am sure someone could do much better than that, but please pass this on if you think it might work.