In sum, some of America’s most prosperous times were when top marginal rates were extremely high (70%-92%). And now the GOP only serves the excessively rich and large corporations to put wealth and power above all else, gutting tax revenue and nearly every public program possible so those that already have money can have a little more.
They pretended to be the party of law and order. The about-face is unreal.
Nixon did it below board, Carter started to legalise it.
Carter isn't a Republican though.
They cheat on taxes because then they can point fingers at ballooning deficit and remedy that with spending cuts. Always works like a charm.
then they can point fingers at ballooning deficit
...which is caused those welfare queens, you see.
(And no, we don't mean the rich ones.)
I know this is never going to happen in our country, that was formed because of unjust taxes, but being a tax cheat should be seen as the ultimate unpatriotic move.
Because they take bribes from billionaires and corporations.
This article is well worth the read. Archived version:
https://archive.ph/p7fOG
In sum, some of America’s most prosperous times were when top marginal rates were extremely high (70%-92%). And now the GOP only serves the excessively rich and large corporations to put wealth and power above all else, gutting tax revenue and nearly every public program possible so those that already have money can have a little more.
Thanks for the link. What a read!
Good read, reasonable length.