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Re:A majority of Americans support raising the top tax rate ... by dogma1138 on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @06:07PM (#18926481)
$72 billion is more than the GDP of some EU member countries.
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Re:A majority of Americans support raising the top tax rate ... by CaptainJustin on Thursday January 17, 2019 @07:58AM (#18930419)
If the government received [1] $3.422 trillion in revenue last year, this could increase it at most by 2%.

I'm not convinced they could achieve much with 2% more.

[1] https://www.thebalance.com/u-s-federal-budget-breakdown-3305...

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