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DanieRains

(4,619 posts) Sun Jul 25, 2021, 12:30 PM Jul 2021

Have The 1% Use Some Of Their $55 Trillion To Pay To Fix Our Crumbling Infrastructure Not The Poor

There, now do it.

It's not really complicated.

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Have The 1% Use Some Of Their $55 Trillion To Pay To Fix Our Crumbling Infrastructure Not The Poor (Original Post) DanieRains Jul 2021 OP

Only people making over $400k per year should pay for it. GoodRaisin Jul 2021 #1

Gas Tax? DanieRains Jul 2021 #3

Should not be agreed to by Democrats or Joe GoodRaisin Jul 2021 #4

This is what I say, and I can't believe the amount of pushback Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #2

GoodRaisin

(8,922 posts)

1. Only people making over $400k per year should pay for it.

Reply to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun Jul 25, 2021, 12:34 PM

Jul 2021

That’s Joe’s promise.

DanieRains

(4,619 posts)

3. Gas Tax?

Reply to GoodRaisin (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 25, 2021, 01:09 PM

Jul 2021

Gas tax.

Other taxes.

Why?

Because the 1% has more lobbyists, and Republicans.

GoodRaisin

(8,922 posts)

4. Should not be agreed to by Democrats or Joe

Reply to DanieRains (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 25, 2021, 01:18 PM

Jul 2021

will be accused of breaking his promise. It will be referred to as a “read my lips” moment on Fox News. Probably M$M as well.

Scrivener7

(50,949 posts)

2. This is what I say, and I can't believe the amount of pushback

Reply to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun Jul 25, 2021, 12:37 PM

Jul 2021

I get for it here.

It's as if people think we are murdering the billionaires when we talk about them paying even the SAME percentage as the rest of us, though that top marginal rate should be MUCH higher than what the rest of us pay. (Including payroll taxes please!!)

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