Baron Hill wants a 15.3% tax on EVERY dollar earned by the WORKING POOR and MIDDLE CLASS

The payroll tax, that is.

That's the way the Dems are doing advertising against Todd Young on the "Fair Tax". They say that Young wants a 23% sales tax-- without mentioning the little detail that his proposal would also get rid of all income and payroll taxes. (If Baron Hill thinks this is dishonest, then he should condemn the ads. If not, he's equally guilty.)

Politicians are famous for talking about the benefits of their own proposals, but not their costs. (And Hill is quite good at that.) But they're also proficient at talking about the costs of their opponents' proposals, while downplaying or ignoring the costs. That said, this effort may take the proverbial cake.

What kind of person would talk about a huge new tax without mentioning the huge tax it would replace? Not the sort that should represent us in Congress.

UPDATE: A nice article by Daniel Suddeath in the Jeff/NA News-Tribune...