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In reply to the discussion: Are you prepared to trade tax cuts for progressive policy legislation? [View all]WyattKansas
(1,648 posts)23. NO... The wealthy NEED to begin paying back all their IOUs deposited in the Trust Funds FIRST!
ALL the IOUs that were prior decades of tax cuts for the wealthy. Then we need to roll back income tax rates/laws back to the 1950s to reset the massive failures the Republican Party has infected the United States with. Very simple... 92% top tax rate and if you don't want to pay that much, then you must invest it back into the economy providing jobs in the United States or investing it into a trust fund set aside to only benefit the American People. Income tax rates would actually go down for the lower and middle classes and States would get back to funding from the U.S. Government, since the Republican bait & switch regressive tricks would no longer be in place.
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Are you prepared to trade tax cuts for progressive policy legislation? [View all]
Loki Liesmith
Nov 2020
OP
How do you plan on getting the money to better fund and fortify the public option?
Firestorm49
Nov 2020
#9
The US already spends 17% of GDP on healthcare, 4 percentage points more than second-place Switzerla
Klaralven
Nov 2020
#12
Sure, give the rich more tax cuts right along with Democrats getting healthcare and climate.
Baked Potato
Nov 2020
#11
If we have divided government, it'll be time to get the deficit under control
In It to Win It
Nov 2020
#15
No, that's silly. It's the non-taxed that are the cause of our lopsided unfair system
lettucebe
Nov 2020
#16
NO... The wealthy NEED to begin paying back all their IOUs deposited in the Trust Funds FIRST!
WyattKansas
Nov 2020
#23
That is because Americans have been brainwashed with the capitialism is the savior for all mantra...
WyattKansas
Nov 2020
#38