Trickle down economics has been a disaster for this country. It has completely destroyed America’s middle class. Democrats won’t win on the message that we can help people survive the disaster. We will win by saying we’re going to end it. Universal healthcare, tuition-free state colleges and universities, a guaranteed living wage, free childcare, paid maternity & paternity leave & guaranteed sick pay - like in every other advanced democracy! - will begin to right the ship.
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The top 1% pay 42.3% of all income taxes. How much more would you like them to pay? Do you think the most innovative people will stay in a place where they are not rewarded for their work? Why would they do that?
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So how do you explain the 50s, 60s and 70s? People were here you know

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If instead of paying 42% of the taxes we had them pay 50%, where would they go?
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The world has changed. Wealth is no longer captive to physical things and places. Good luck taxing people that can simply move their physical presence to a more friendly jurisdiction. What is happening in California is just the beginning.
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The gold standard!
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It's Govt's taxation on the middle class that's making them poorer.
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The avg tax rate back then after all the deductions available was only a couple percentage points higher than today…but if you want the 60’s-80’s tax rates, then set the price of food and housing back to the 60’s-80’s as well…(your analogy is dumb)
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We raise more tax revenue than ever before(even with the Trump tax cut)…we don’t have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem…and here’s Marianne wanting to spend, spend, spend…it’s really absurd & ruins her credibility.
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You mean before the Dems shipped all manufacturing oversees, before they flooded the cities they control with crack then locked up the dads after the factories shut down and they got hooked? Lol trickle down is a low information useful idiot term
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We didn’t have nutty laws or DAs allowing violent criminals back out on streets.
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Coincides with Reaganism
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And they are leaving with their money. Over the last 20 years millionaires have been leaving in droves. When you are done punishing them and making stupid economic moves, there will be nothing left.
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