2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders is too extreme for America [View all]DhhD
(4,695 posts)by Democrats and Republicans but not the Third Way-Hillary Clinton.
jamzrockz,
I do not understand how the information about how easy it would be to make free tuition available again, has escaped so many Democrats. Even Republicans agree on reestablishing this sales tax that ended in 1966. Bernie Sanders is for reestablishing the tax. Clinton has a third way plan that lets Americans stay down when it is not necessary.
http://www.thenation.com/article/bernie-sanders-has-plan-tax-wall-street-and-make-college-free/
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/18/the_tax_that_could_save_america_from_wall_street_partner/
snip
Once upon a time, we had a financial transaction tax in America, and it served us well from 1914 to 1966. Wall Street leaders at the time complained bitterly that the tax would be ruinous, but if you stop and think about those years, you notice that the American economy was actually much healthier than it is today. Income inequality was much lower, and jobs were more secure. After the Wall Street crash of 1987, major politicians, including Senate Majority leader Bob Dole and President H.W. Bush, called for a return of the FTT. Since the Wall Street-driven crash of 2008, renewed support for the tax has surged from every direction except, of course, from Wall Street and the politicians who rely on their donations.
more at link
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/a-sales-tax-on-wall-street-transactions/?_r=0