Raise taxes?
RAT economics decree cuts can only be made in essential services like DMV, snow plowing, trash removal, law enforcement, etc.
Therefore the populace will gladly take the tax increases since other "services" will be cut that they cannot live without.
But the sacred cows of welfare, AFDC, free medical, etc. MUST NEVER be cut for that would spell doom for the recipients.
They would have to choose between McDonald's and cable TV.
those parasites vote