Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

GermanSmoker

(91 posts)

5. No

Reply to Report1212 (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 05:56 PM

Dec 2012

Returning to the Clinton Era tax rates is good enough. Reintroducing Glass-Steagall would also help. Banning of all derivatives would do wonders to the economy. All this insane speculation that has nothing to do with the real economy is the main reason for the instability of our financial system.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

17 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Ed Schultz: Democrats Should Make The Rich Pay Higher Than Clinton Tax Rates [View all] Report1212 Dec 2012 OP

Ed for president. aandegoons Dec 2012 #1

agree much higher............. kooljerk666 Dec 2012 #2

70% should be the top rate Angry Dragon Dec 2012 #3

And if the rich have any problems with it......there's always Belize thelordofhell Dec 2012 #4

No GermanSmoker Dec 2012 #5

What he said was. aandegoons Dec 2012 #7

no, not at all. unblock Dec 2012 #8

Take deritive trading back to pre 90s laws then, the whole world wide food issue is disgusting uponit7771 Dec 2012 #9

Absolutely. Much higher would be appropriate. bowens43 Dec 2012 #6

They should be paying the same rates as they did when EISENHOWER RoccoR5955 Dec 2012 #10

The problem is 90% of Americans dont know what MARGINAL TAX RATE means. ErikJ Dec 2012 #11

Even worse, most don't understand that reducing taxes on $250k and below ... TahitiNut Dec 2012 #17

Give It To Them Straight Big Ed Brazen67 Dec 2012 #12

Welcome to DU and I hope you enjoy the site. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #14

Thank You, Big Eddie! bvar22 Dec 2012 #13

The simplest motto is this: Blanks Dec 2012 #15

You mean a "You want your America Back?" campaign? bvar22 Dec 2012 #16