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duforsure

(11,885 posts)
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 04:38 AM Mar 2020

With their spending driving the deficit upward now

Should Democrats call for the tax bill from 2017 be reversed now to increase our revenues higher immediately? If trump and the gop refuse then suggest when they take over it'll be reversed then more even higher tax rates for the wealthy will be passed then ? Should they also start programs to ensure the safety of the food supply , and how take out food and their containers are virus free from new guidelines for them to go by. They should set some strict guidelines to prevent the spread of this virus. Make them monitor all employees temperatures , and have daily forms stating they are doing ok.

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With their spending driving the deficit upward now (Original Post) duforsure Mar 2020 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author democratisphere Mar 2020 #1
I'd be all for raising their tax rate to 70% Aquaria Mar 2020 #2

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Aquaria

(1,076 posts)
2. I'd be all for raising their tax rate to 70%
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 05:07 AM
Mar 2020

With all loopholes and deductions closed other than the same kind of chump deductions we peons qualify for. Raise capital gains to the same rate. Bring back the inheritance tax for anyone getting over 5 million--and use a progressive rate on it from there. No more boutique tax breaks like writing off mortgages for vacay homes. You get one, and fuck you if you want more. Need to have two homes? If you can afford two, you can afford the taxes on the second home. If you can't, eat the mortgage on that second home. Or rent. I don't care what you do, but you don't get a second home tax break. Ever. Period.

And raise the corporate tax to 50%. Maybe use some of Warren's plan to require corporations to meet certain requirements for bailouts and apply it to their taxes, too. If you pay shit wages, do stock buybacks, overcompensate your executives, and so on, you get taxed MORE.

I'm ready to go French Revolution on these rich fuckers. They should be glad that I'd rather go after their money than their heads. But the latter can be arranged, if they insist on being assholes.

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