I am reminded of an anecdote about the dearly departed drummer Keith Moon, legendary for destructive behavior. Now, it is not often that you will get a Keith Moon story in a political blog, but that’s a good reason to read this one. The story may be true, it may be alternative facts, but these days, does it matter? I reprint it in its entirety from Wikipedia:

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In a limousine on the way to the airport Moon insisted they return to their hotel, saying “I forgot something.” At the hotel he ran back to his room, grabbed the television and threw it out the window into the swimming pool below. He then jumped back into the limo, saying “I nearly forgot.”

Okay, maybe it’s just an excuse for me to share one of my favorite drummer stories. But it will also suffice as a metaphor about how Republicans will never leave power without cutting taxes for the rich. They may flounder in their attempts to take away your health insurance, they may send the government into default, they may never learn the lesson of unintended consequences abroad, but they will keep returning until they destroy the last vestiges of progressive taxation by cutting taxes for the rich. Again. Always. Just you watch. You can see the limo wheels turning as we speak.

They will dress it up as tax “reform” and make many claims about how the benefits will trickle down to you. But when they promise the moon, they are talking about the Keith variety.

So whenever they return to town, picture the benefits they promise you as a big old cathode ray television set heading straight out the window.