Yes! Raising the capital gains rate to 28 percent, the same level as under President Reagan, ending the inheritance loophole, and imposing a fee on 100 plus financial firms with assets of more than $50 billion would generate an estimated “$320 billion in revenue over a decade to fund a series of measures to help middle-class Americans” with tax credits for childcare, healthcare and education. “These changes would mainly impact the top 1 percent of income earners” and help to relieve some of the income inequality that is stifling the middle-class. If one lives in a country where one can earn millions or billions of dollars, one should be willing to pay more in taxes than a secretary, nurse or factory worker. And in 2015 every female should be earning the same amount of money as her male counterpart doing the same job! We need to invest in rebuilding and strengthening the infrastructure in this country! Schools, roads, bridges….and bridging the gaps among us as Americans! E Pluribus Unum!
Jan 22 2015
Would you support the measures proposed by President Obama on his plan to raise taxes on the top 1 percent?
Yes! Raising the capital gains rate to 28 percent, the same level as under President Reagan, ending the inheritance loophole, and imposing a fee on 100 plus financial firms with assets of more than $50 billion would generate an estimated “$320 billion in revenue over a decade to fund a series of measures to help middle-class Americans” with tax credits for childcare, healthcare and education. “These changes would mainly impact the top 1 percent of income earners” and help to relieve some of the income inequality that is stifling the middle-class. If one lives in a country where one can earn millions or billions of dollars, one should be willing to pay more in taxes than a secretary, nurse or factory worker. And in 2015 every female should be earning the same amount of money as her male counterpart doing the same job! We need to invest in rebuilding and strengthening the infrastructure in this country! Schools, roads, bridges….and bridging the gaps among us as Americans! E Pluribus Unum!
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