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Re:A majority of Americans support raising the top tax rate ... by Jach on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @04:40PM (#18925604)
The disagreement would likely persist even if it was $5M. I haven't heard anyone object to the issue because of its price. The US government spent $4T last year. So yeah, an extra $72B does seem like a drop in the bucket.
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Re:A majority of Americans support raising the top tax rate ... by ceejayoz on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @04:44PM (#18925673)
7-8% of our budget deficit is not a small number. $72B would let you triple the NIH's budget, quintuple NASA's...
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Re:A majority of Americans support raising the top tax rate ... by Jach on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @04:51PM (#18925764)
Looked at from the deficit, I suppose. Though I'm not persuaded by arguments based on what extra funds could do; there's a lot we could do by just rearranging the already ginormous amount the government collects. It's not going to happen, though.
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Re:A majority of Americans support raising the top tax rate ... by samdunham on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @10:03PM (#18927966)
You don't actually think that's what they would do with the money, do you?
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