Wealth & Money Quote by Doc Hastings

“Permanent elimination” is doing the heavy lifting here: it’s not just a policy promise, it’s a psychological pitch. Hastings frames the tax as a chronic threat hanging over productive Americans, and repeal as the moment the sky finally clears. The language is deliberately soothing - “sense of security,” “plan,” “future” - a vocabulary of stability that turns tax law into a moral issue: good government is whatever lets you sleep at night.

The intent is coalition-building through a sentimental unit of politics: the family business. Pairing “farmers and business owners” compresses a diverse set of interests into a single, sympathetic archetype - the diligent steward of land or payroll - and it quietly recruits listeners who may never own either but have been trained to admire them. That’s the subtext: this isn’t only about those who pay the tax; it’s about who we’re encouraged to see as the backbone of the country.

Context matters because “permanent” is also a dog whistle for distrust in government’s ability to keep its promises. Tax provisions often sunset, get renegotiated, become bargaining chips. Hastings sells permanence as liberation from political volatility itself, implying that uncertainty is the state’s fault, not the market’s.

Notice what’s absent: no mention of tradeoffs, revenue, or who benefits most. The quote treats the tax as pure friction, never as a tool. It’s persuasion by narrowing the story to a relatable anxiety - continuity across generations - and letting everything else fall out of frame.