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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 01:06 PM Feb 2019

Over 60 percent of voters -- including half of Republicans -- support Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax

By Christopher Ingraham February 5 at 7:00 AM

Sixty-one percent of voters in a new Politico/Morning Consult poll say they support a tax on high levels of wealth such as the one proposed by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D). Just 20 percent say they oppose such a tax, with 19 percent saying they weren’t sure either way.

The tax received net support among Republican voters, with 50 percent supporting it and 30 percent opposing. Fifty-six percent of independents said they supported the tax, as did nearly three-quarters of Democrats.

It’s another datapoint in recent polls showing a broad appetite among American voters for raising taxes on the wealthy. Those findings come at a time when progressive lawmakers have put forth numerous proposals to tax the rich, including Warren’s wealth tax, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) 70 percent tax rate on incomes over $10 million, and Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) recently announced proposal to expand the estate tax.

The Politico/Morning Consult poll finds that Warren’s wealth tax is more popular than Ocasio-Cortez’s tax on high incomes, which 45 percent of voters in support, with 32 percent opposed.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/02/05/over-percent-voters-including-half-republicans-support-elizabeth-warrens-wealth-tax/
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Over 60 percent of voters -- including half of Republicans -- support Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax (Original Post) workinclasszero Feb 2019 OP
Yes!!! I'm really excited about this plan because it's so straightforward!!! nt LAS14 Feb 2019 #1
I am excited my the mere fact that it looks like Americans are tired of being screwed over workinclasszero Feb 2019 #2
That's good news! eleny Feb 2019 #3
 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
2. I am excited my the mere fact that it looks like Americans are tired of being screwed over
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 03:01 PM
Feb 2019

by socialism for billionaires and GOP Wall Street libertarianism for the rest of us!

TAX THE RICH!!!!

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