I wouldn't have quoted Moore if it were just Moore, but chose it because it was Politifact (hey that's what came up in the Google search).
Here's what will really bake your noodle: looking at what our wealth distribution was going back only, say, to the 90s. And then before that.
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by phosphide » Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:27 pm
I don't know what's worst. The myth of trickle down economics or the myth of taxing the wealthy will somehow inherently fix middle class income.
Taxing the wealthy balances budgets, not incomes. You fix incomes by cutting costs to the major causes (healthcare, education) and investing in infrastructure and economic development. Based off our current federal, state, and local budgets, you don't need to tax the shit out of the wealthy to accomplish this.
Taxing the wealthy balances budgets, not incomes. You fix incomes by cutting costs to the major causes (healthcare, education) and investing in infrastructure and economic development. Based off our current federal, state, and local budgets, you don't need to tax the shit out of the wealthy to accomplish this.
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