Tax Rule That Would 'Kneecap the Progressive Agenda'

[pdsimdars]

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"This is a very bad idea, House Democrats. It makes no sense whatsoever to give Republicans veto power over progressive legislation."

Nearly three-quarters of the American public and a historic number of Democratic lawmakers support Medicare for All, but the House Democratic leadership is considering using its newly won majority to impose a rule that would "recklessly betray" the grassroots forces that put them in power by making single-payer and other progressive priorities impossible to enact.

According to a list of Democratic proposals obtained by the Washington Post, pushing for a rule that would "require a three-fifths supermajority to raise individual income taxes on the lowest-earning 80 percent of taxpayers."

In response, MoveOn.org called the proposal "a staggeringly bad idea."

"This is a very bad idea, House Democrats. It makes no sense whatsoever to give Republicans veto power over progressive legislation."

"Equating support for middle-class families—with opposition to increasing their tax rates—is a conservative project, which Democrats have no business advancing."
—Eric Levitz, New York Magazine


"It would be a profound mistake for House Democrats to retake Congress with dozens of candidates who ran on Medicare for All and then pass an absurd, right-wing framed rule that would actively prevent us from taking action on it."
—Democracy for America

[pdsimdars]

1. Important to know behind the scenes

[FreepFryer]

2. I assume you took this from Common-dreams dot org? Please cite sources. (n/t)

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. looks like chicken little is alive and well

How about calling the greenback ceiling in tax rates "a staggeringly bad idea" instead? Once you crack through the current 37% line, you're home free with further millions or billions. Must be nice to live in a tax-free zone of income.

Make it harder to raise taxes on the lower 80% while taking a good look at that upper 20% that the GOPers have been coddling since Reagan. Who sucks more from public services and the economy? Where did the $1.5 trillion go? How much infrastructure did that build? Will the Kochs pay for the damage their industries do to our environment with their giant tax breaks? Will they rebuild the roads and bridges and schools and police forces and firefighting units their industries depend on?

Oh, but let's just jump on board the blame Democrats and the middle class. It's fashionable.