Steve's barking at the"R" word that scares him

The "R" word that scares me is reformer. (You were thinking I would write Republican. Not from someone who starts writing in the third person)
Reformers some times start out with their hearts in the right place like dare I say it, George Wallace.
After a loss or two they turn to the comfort zone of conservative politics.
Then you have reformers of type whom think that passing comfort legislation (like passing unenforceable tough gun controll legislation, or same sex marriage legislation) but weaken government making their reforms a joke.
I fear tax code reform, the reformers seem to hate everything that doesn't help their constituents directly, and want to keep in place what will keep them at their present job.
Now have my own idea for tax reform( perhaps I'm just as hypocritical as the next guy ) of taxing income as income and having dedicated taxes, that if  borrowed from that debt is treated as any other debt.
When I think of New York reformers,I think of the late great mayor Ed Koch, who legislated every reform that he could think of till he became mayor, who upon becoming mayor said holy sh-t how is the city going to pay for this legislation.