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While I disagree with the idea that Govt should do all of this I would never say that people who do are dishonest. What I termed “ dishonest progressivism” is the notion that we can do all of these things by simply undoing Trumps tax cuts. We are in need of brutal honesty
If the outcome you seek can only be achieved with 75 percent tax rates then make the case. My criticism is around making promises that are unaffordable in the present system. 40 percent of the population doesn’t have $400 dollars cash available for an emergency .
There are more predatory pay day lenders in this country than there are Starbucks. Blue collar workers haven’t seen a real wage increase in 25 years. This is both immoral and wrong but also fundamentally destabilizing to our Republic.
This includes a willingness to try and see if federal govt programs, that I would have a tendency to view skeptically, could be engaged in the fix. I would insist though, that any spending of tax payer dollars for the type of programs we are discussing be accompanied by ruthless
Efficiency and metrics. I think we should demand excellence and efficiency in the delivery of all and any government service . What do you think?
Hey Steve...when America Was Great, the marginal tax rate, as I recall, was about 90%; most Americans could live reasonably comfortably on a single worker's pay; we put 100s of thousands through college on the GI bill; & we built the entire Interstate system with public money
Oh and 26% or so of the workforce was unionized. The great flaw at the time was race relations. Oddly enough as justice was expanded segments of America got resentful and the rich decided they needed to hoarde their wealth. Those counter influences led to the present moment.
So, having lived both places, tell me how countries like Australia and New Zealand and others achieve these things, and with less taxation. How is it that the supposed leader of the free world claims and always claimed it cannot?
Military spending.
A normal MD office visit here is over $300. Emergency medical: tens of thousands.
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