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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sun Feb 3, 2019, 10:33 AM Feb 2019

Paul Krugman blows up the GOP myth that Americans don't want taxes raised on the 1%

‘Soak the rich’: Paul Krugman blows up the GOP myth that Americans don’t want taxes raised on the 1%

Tom Boggioni TOM BOGGIONI

03 FEB 2019 AT 08:54 ET

In an early morning tweetstorm, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman made the case that American’s are not in the least adverse to seeing taxes raised on the rich despite Republican protestations.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/soak-rich-paul-krugman-blows-gop-myth-americans-dont-want-taxes-raised-1/

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Paul Krugman blows up the GOP myth that Americans don't want taxes raised on the 1% (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2019 OP

Democrats should give them an offer they can't refuse.... kentuck Feb 2019 #1

Marginal rate set at 1950 rate for the rich The Truth Is Here Feb 2019 #2

To the GOP, only the rich are "americans" so only their opinion counts. PSPS Feb 2019 #3

What we need is an actual representative government. world wide wally Feb 2019 #4

what does he mean "profound shift"? Takket Feb 2019 #5

kentuck

(111,111 posts)

1. Democrats should give them an offer they can't refuse....

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Feb 3, 2019, 10:39 AM

Feb 2019

Repeal the Trump and Bush taxcuts and return to the economic status quo of the Clinton Presidency. That should be enough to balance the yearly budget, with a little left over for our country's social needs.

If that is not enough, we would need to study repealing the Reagan taxcuts also, and return the tax rates to a higher level.

Take it or leave it?

The Truth Is Here

(354 posts)

2. Marginal rate set at 1950 rate for the rich

Reply to kentuck (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 3, 2019, 10:48 AM

Feb 2019

PSPS

(13,641 posts)

3. To the GOP, only the rich are "americans" so only their opinion counts.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Feb 3, 2019, 11:44 AM

Feb 2019

world wide wally

(21,760 posts)

4. What we need is an actual representative government.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Feb 3, 2019, 01:18 PM

Feb 2019

Forget the electoral college and give "all" states (including blue) equal representation. Why should Wyoming get 3 times as much representation per er son as California.

Takket

(21,707 posts)

5. what does he mean "profound shift"?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Feb 3, 2019, 01:22 PM

Feb 2019

The numbers look pretty steady at least since 2012.... am i missing something?

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