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libpride_15

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8. Hillary won't be "Mondaled"
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 09:51 AM
Apr 2015

The only real answer to income inequality is taxing the rich the way we used to before Reagan gave away the store.

Hillary's test will not be what she campaigns on, but rather how much she raises taxes on the rich.

That's the real test.

Nobody else can win and has the possibility of reversing zombie Reagan's voodoo.

I'll take another "Eisenhower", let's say, before throwing away my vote on a Nader or worse anybody with an "R" by their name

Other factors affect income inequality around the edges, but Reagan's tax rates are the elephant in the room, and sorry, only Hillary has the heft to potentially carry the water.

She just won't repeat Mondale's mistake and tell us in advance - she's a better politician.

Of course, as with FDR and LBJ, she'll need Democrats to be elected to help her, or she won't succeed any more than Obama has.

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