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Y'all. This is a wildly simplistic take. We could take every penny from every American billionaire and not even get close.
We have to tax high-income folks, corporations, etc. We have to roll back the Trump tax cuts.
And more importantly, we have to craft a solid message. And yes, that means emotional propaganda, not facts. Democrats have to SELL this. Facts don't sell. Emotions sell.
Remember all the low-income idiots freaking out over Biden wanting to raise taxes on incomes over $400,000? We can laugh about how dumb those people are, but we aren't winning votes.
The top 10% of families in America hold 76% of the country’s wealth. You are the one giving the incorrect and simplistic take.
You can absolutely fund tons of important measures by taking from the rich.
I'm talking about billionaires, not the top 10%. Those are wildly different groups.
You want to talk about taxing the snot of of the 10%, I'm game.