Re: The Trouble With Bernie
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:02 pm
His proposed tax increases definitely won't play well:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/19/pf/taxe ... -stack-dom
It includes a new "premium" tax of 2.2%, plus additional tax brackets going up to > 50%, plus an end to lower capital gains tax rates (actually not completely clear whether lower tax brackets would be affected).
Medicare for all is not going to be cheap, especially in combination with amnesty for 12 million illegal immigrants plus the additional ones who will start flooding in here as a result of the two policies. Perhaps this is a worthwhile move, but it will be a very, very difficult sell.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/19/pf/taxe ... -stack-dom
It includes a new "premium" tax of 2.2%, plus additional tax brackets going up to > 50%, plus an end to lower capital gains tax rates (actually not completely clear whether lower tax brackets would be affected).
Medicare for all is not going to be cheap, especially in combination with amnesty for 12 million illegal immigrants plus the additional ones who will start flooding in here as a result of the two policies. Perhaps this is a worthwhile move, but it will be a very, very difficult sell.