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SergeStorms

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5. And the Federal Deficit.....

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 12:25 AM

Oct 2019

don't forget the Federal Deficit, you know the deficit the republicans really care about when there's a democrat as president. When the GOP controls the White House and at least one house of Congress, "deficits don't matter"*.

* Ronald Reagan

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Watch how radically taxes on the wealthy have fallen over the past 70 years: [View all] Qutzupalotl Oct 2019 OP

Notice how the burden is shifted to lower incomes over time. Qutzupalotl Oct 2019 #1

And the Federal Deficit..... SergeStorms Oct 2019 #5

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Elect progressives. That will help. KPN Oct 2019 #3

I've advocated returning them to the 1982 rate. roamer65 Oct 2019 #4

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