Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: I am a life long Democrat. I am a bit disturbed that Bernie says he is running against my party [View all]lapfog_1
(29,148 posts)and the positions of some of the organizations that support him.
When they say "economic justice", do you think that stops at $15/hour minimum wage?
The programs that he outlines, free tuition, M4A, free housing, etc... do you really believe that they are going to get the trillions of dollars for those ($50T maybe) by simply taxing billionaires. I've seen them call for the return of 90% federal tax rate... And that won't be on just people that make $1 M or more in income... to raise the amounts we are talking about means everyone that makes more than $100K.
And, btw, the billionaires will NEVER pay the tax... not as long as there are other places to live on the planet. And they hire the very smartest people on the planet to make sure of this.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden