For those demanding that we "tax the rich".....

[brooklynite]

...my wife is working on it. But as with criminal prosecutions, the development of legislation and policy isn't an instantaneous thing.

[gab13by13]

1. Good on your wife,

Watched Bernie Sanders on Chris Hayes and he spelled it out why passing a very popular bill is hard to pass. Bernie said that Big Pharma has 2 lobbyists per Congress people. 2 per person and that's just Big Pharma.

[multigraincracker]

2. I'm in favor of repealing Citizens United as

a road to fair taxes.
Might seem like a longer road, but it would solve a lot.

[brooklynite]

3. You can't repeal it.

You'll have to amend the Constitution.

[CrackityJones75]

8. Not sure about that.

The supreme court ruled that it was a speech issue. They can reverse that decision no?

[leftstreet]

4. We should just take their shit

just kidding of course

[questionseverything]

5. Tax the rich or eat em

Got up, stayed up

Same dif

[Kid Berwyn]

6. Taste like chickens.

Never worked a day in their lives, too.

[lastlib]

7. I had a boss when I worked in a bank who was definitely in the wealthy club...

She made darn good money as a department head, and was married to a top executive of a good-sized corporation. Together, I'd guess they earned 400K a year. One day, the subject of taxing rich people more was brought up, and she said that taxing them was "punishing success."
"Well, gee, Nancy, what do you want us to tax--FAILURE??" Good luck with that. Took the wind out of her sails.

[uponit7771]

9. +1, A progressive taxation would mean an effective tax rate 2-4% higher than middle class

... the problem is the top 2% ETRs are LOWER than middle class.

They don't get it that they're mooching

[lastlib]

10. Exactly. And the pure magnitude of the numbers

increases the disparity. Those who call for a flat tax rate across the board don't grasp that it's a penalty on the poor.