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In reply to the discussion: Manchin calls for 'enormous' infrastructure package paid for with new taxes [View all]oldsoftie
(12,492 posts)39. We've long needed a VAT. Thats how Europe pays for a good bit of their programs.
Everyone pays into their system. Not the case here. 1/2 pay zero Income tax. Our tax system doesnt work. Taxing only the rich wont bring in enough money. There arent enough of them.
Every county that wants to fund a major project goes for a sales tax. And they work. My county just passed a .01 extension for the third time. Its gotten us a ton of new schools, expansions, roads, etc
Its time the US govt does the same. Gas taxes are shrinking with more efficient cars on the roads. We need more revenue and it needs to come from everyone.
Just like they do in Europe.
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Manchin calls for 'enormous' infrastructure package paid for with new taxes [View all]
Beastly Boy
Mar 2021
OP
To give him some credit, Manchin is reportedly in favor of returning to a Speaking Filabuster
Tommymac
Mar 2021
#36
So he knows Republicans are as opposed to raising taxes as they are to making voting easier.
50 Shades Of Blue
Mar 2021
#4
He is probably counting on the infrastructure bill to be more popular than the voting rights bill.
Beastly Boy
Mar 2021
#8
What you are suggesting is not a certainty. Neither is failing to pass a voting rights bill in some
Beastly Boy
Mar 2021
#15
Maybe this is his ploy, to get W. Virginia a hefty cut of the infrastructure money in exchange . . .
Journeyman
Mar 2021
#23
The people in West Virginia would benefit tremendously from such a large infrastructure package.
sop
Mar 2021
#5
Okay. Let's tax the rich. They can afford to fix this country. Since they broke it.
ZonkerHarris
Mar 2021
#6
This is Not the First Time Manchin Has Called For Tax Increases to Pay for BIG Infrastructure Bill
Indykatie
Mar 2021
#9
You got it right. Replacing Manchin with another Democrat will be far less effective than replacing
Beastly Boy
Mar 2021
#10
We've long needed a VAT. Thats how Europe pays for a good bit of their programs.
oldsoftie
Mar 2021
#39
We are SO lucky to have Joe Manchin!! I'm glad he's one of OUR OWN! Count your blessings!
NurseJackie
Mar 2021
#27
We can do better than Joe Manchin in Ohio. We can do better than Joe Manchin in Arizona...
Tom Rinaldo
Mar 2021
#28
It's a dance over who gets the big pieces of the pie, and who pays for it.
bucolic_frolic
Mar 2021
#34
Manchin :: as with others, watch what they DO, and not just what they SAY. n/t
MFGsunny
Mar 2021
#37