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During the general campaign, he openly vowed to raise taxes. Even in the Democratic primaries, in 2020, Elizabeth Warren went from front-runner to done the mom

During the general campaign, he openly vowed to raise taxes. Even in the Democratic primaries, in 2020, Elizabeth Warren went from front-runner to done the moment she awkwardly acknowledged that taxes would go up under her health plan. So in a general election, in the 1980's? Forget it. Americans do NOT want to pay for anything themselves. Not then, not now. Even America's version of a left only believes that taxes should go up for other people, not themselves.

seibelj 6y ago
Most people don’t know this, but 46% of all households pay zero income tax. https://www.statista.com/statistics/242138/percentages-of-us-households-that-pay-no-income-tax-by-income-level/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/242138/percentages-of-us... I think if we actually made everyone pay taxes, as more-socialist countries in the EU do that the American left raves about, there would be a lot less support for raising taxes. Right now “taxing the rich” is easy because so few people pay any taxes!
- nonameiguess 6y ago
  "Most people" don't know this? It was the centerpiece of Mitt Romney's last presidential campaign and one of the most popular conservative media ecosystem talking points for years. It's hardly a secret. Also extremely misleading since labor income is only one taxable transaction among many that most people take part in, this doesn't account for state income tax, and it also doesn't account for FICA tax, which is federal and still based on labor income.
- TylerE 6y ago
  Highly misleading since they still pay social security tax, and Medicare tax. Those alone are almost 10% (and that's not even touching sales tax, property tax, etc)
  - singlow 6y ago
    But to be fair, those aren't the taxes that get raised when one raises taxes. They raise the portion that is effectively zeroed out for a large portion of households who don't earn above the cutoff for the first tax bracket after deductions.
AnimalMuppet 6y ago
Well, the left believes that they should go up on other people, not the "regular voters". But it's always a lie, because we never have enough "other people". When we're going to raise taxes to pay for more government, we're going to raise your taxes. Note well: This is not excusing the insane amount of tax loopholes for the rich.

seibelj 6y ago

Most people don’t know this, but 46% of all households pay zero income tax. https://www.statista.com/statistics/242138/percentages-of-us-households-that-pay-no-income-tax-by-income-level/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/242138/percentages-of-us... I think if we actually made everyone pay taxes, as more-socialist countries in the EU do that the American left raves about, there would be a lot less support for raising taxes. Right now “taxing the rich” is easy because so few people pay any taxes!

nonameiguess 6y ago
"Most people" don't know this? It was the centerpiece of Mitt Romney's last presidential campaign and one of the most popular conservative media ecosystem talking points for years. It's hardly a secret. Also extremely misleading since labor income is only one taxable transaction among many that most people take part in, this doesn't account for state income tax, and it also doesn't account for FICA tax, which is federal and still based on labor income.
TylerE 6y ago
Highly misleading since they still pay social security tax, and Medicare tax. Those alone are almost 10% (and that's not even touching sales tax, property tax, etc)
- singlow 6y ago
  But to be fair, those aren't the taxes that get raised when one raises taxes. They raise the portion that is effectively zeroed out for a large portion of households who don't earn above the cutoff for the first tax bracket after deductions.

AnimalMuppet 6y ago

Well, the left believes that they should go up on other people, not the "regular voters". But it's always a lie, because we never have enough "other people". When we're going to raise taxes to pay for more government, we're going to raise your taxes. Note well: This is not excusing the insane amount of tax loopholes for the rich.