Higher taxes on wealthy unite Democrats

[alp227]

Even with signs of an economic recovery feeding optimism about President Obama’s reelection chances, congressional Democrats continue to run highly individual reelection campaigns independent of the president’s record and agenda.

Except on the issue of higher taxes for the wealthy, where they appear solidly unified across the political spectrum.

After many months of fighting over tax and debt negotiations with Republicans in 2011, President Obama and Democratic allies in Congress have found common ground on an “economic fairness” agenda that has emerged as the single, most unifying Democratic idea of the election season. In its simplest form, it says millionaires should pay more taxes.

In a tight Wisconsin Senate race, the likely Democratic nominee is sponsoring legislation to impose a mandatory minimum tax of at least 30 percent on millionaires. In a newly drawn House district near Canton, Democratic Rep. Betty Sutton (D-Ohio) has taken to calling her wealthy businessman opponent a “tax evader millionaire.”

full: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/higher-taxes-on-wealthy-unite-democrats/2012/05/15/gIQAI5tKRU_singlePage.html

[yourout]

1. Tax E Vader is a cousin to Darth.....both are working for the Dark Side.

[dkf]

2. Is that really going to be the entire Democratic solution? Tax people more?

Pah it's a sad thing when this is the entirety of the vision that we are selling.

[movonne]

3. Will maybe we have to get higher taxes from the billionaires

so we have money enough to get the other thousands of thing to be done...I really think that taxing the rich is needed badly for all of us...

[freshwest]

6. The issue being avoided is stating the welfare the rich recieve already in ways the majority of folk

Don't know about because there are so many layers of it.

[dkf]

8. That is soooooo status quo. People would barely notice any of that.

I want us to dream big things and be inspired to invent and create. Where is the Steve Jobs of government?

What you are proposing sounds as fun as having to fix your roof.

[Vincardog]

4. When all they have is "How will you pay for it?" and "Cut social programs" TAX the rich is a start

[freshwest]

7. That is not the entirety of the vision, read DU.

[MrModerate]

5. She should call him an "avoider" or a "dodger" . . .

Because "evader" has a specific connotation under law. It's not that these greedy bastards break the laws, it's that they make them that's the problem.