Soak the Rich?

[DemocratsForProgress]

Grumpy and Ms. Mouse: Soak the Rich?

Mouse: What is that all about? How is simply asking the extremely wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes soaking them? How is asking those who have benefited the most from the past 30 years of economic policy to pay up soaking them?

Doesn’t the middle class deserve a break? A chance to share in the wealth of the country they help make great? And what about the poor? Don’t they deserve a break and a chance too?

How ridiculous did the Republicans look sitting there like statues during President Obama’s SOTU speech? They refused to applaud anything that would help the average American. I’m sure that was on orders from the Koch brothers.

Grumpy: Oh, don’t get me started on the Koch brothers. We’ll be here for a month before I finish my rant. You are absolutely right about tax fairness. The conservative side likes to point out that the wealthy pay the majority of the taxes, but they never talk about whether those at the top are paying proportionally the same as the average middle-income workers pay. In some cases under today’s tax system, many of the wealthiest (I’m looking at you, Mitt) pay less than the doorman at their fancy Park Avenue digs or the mechanics that install their car elevators...

More at: http://www.democratsforprogress.com/2015/01/24/soak-the-rich/

[handmade34]

1. "Soak the Rich"

I advocate progressive taxes... but that is only part of the solution to our problem...

raising the minimum wage (effectively cutting corporate welfare some) and making corporations pay for all external costs of their business are also excellent ways of effecting change