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Quixote1818

(28,903 posts)
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 12:24 AM Dec 2017

Study: Obama tax hikes on the rich didn't hurt economy, or the rich


This is what Democrats need to be saying over and over and over and over!!!!!! Why don't they???? The wealthy still do incredibly well under Democratic tax policies so why not have a tax system that works for everyone, not just the 1% by stimulating the economy from the bottom and middle up?

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The top 1 percent of earners managed to increase their share of the nation's income at about the same pace after their taxes were raised as they had before, according to the study , released Thursday by Emmanuel Saez, an economics professor at University of California at Berkeley.

More: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-obama-tax-hikes-study-20161104-story.html
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Study: Obama tax hikes on the rich didn't hurt economy, or the rich (Original Post) Quixote1818 Dec 2017 OP
Liberal M$M repeats it constantly! Roland99 Dec 2017 #1
You don't understand, it hurts their... zaj Dec 2017 #2
 

zaj

(3,433 posts)
2. You don't understand, it hurts their...
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 01:42 AM
Dec 2017

... feelings. Or the feelings of a few specific donors anyway.

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