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Nanjeanne

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19. I'd rather actual tax policy that eliminates the cap on SS, raises taxes on wealthy and makes

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 04:35 PM

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corporations pay actual taxes. A policy that brings revenue into the system that then gets used to increase SS, move to a Medicare For All system, institutes paid sick days and family leave, makes public college tuition free, addresses childcare and elder care …..

Policies that dramatically will affect poor and middle class families to make their lives better. This tax proposal seems like a sound ite policy that doesn’t reflect a real change in how we what we want to see change in our country.

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Booker Pushes Bill to Make $75,000 in Income Tax Free [View all] applegrove Yesterday OP

No. Just no n/t leftstreet Yesterday #1

Why not? moose65 Yesterday #6

How about an explanation of your "no". Not real useful otherwise NoRethugFriends Yesterday #9

Tax higher incomes, slash pork spending leftstreet Yesterday #18

I don't know what neighborhood you live in.... SergeStorms Yesterday #20

That's not the effective rate for most leftstreet Yesterday #21

Yes please! at140 Yesterday #2

Squirrel! 50 Shades Of Blue Yesterday #3

Or to raise, or eliminate, the cap on Social Security displacedvermoter Yesterday #5

This instead. Ferrets are Cool Yesterday #13

THIS!☝️👆🖕 RainCaster 19 hrs ago #30

Yes! Johnny2X2X Yesterday #4

No. No flat taxes moose65 Yesterday #8

No. Flat taxes are regressive NoRethugFriends Yesterday #10

It could be the trade off Johnny2X2X Yesterday #12

Why should somebody at 100,000 pay same rate as 1,000,000,000 NoRethugFriends Yesterday #15

They wouldn't Johnny2X2X Yesterday #16

It's essentially a flat tax Dave says 20 hrs ago #25

Where the heck you getting your calculator? Johnny2X2X 20 hrs ago #26

Oops! Dave says 20 hrs ago #28

It's not perfect. Johnny2X2X 19 hrs ago #29

I think they are trying to put things in place to counter AI. Basic income will be next. They will need billionaires Pisces Yesterday #7

"the proposal, which is guaranteed to be expensive, doesn't yet have a cost estimate" muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #11

Head of household generally means a single person with dependant household members resident at least 6 months if adult. haele 23 hrs ago #22

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Yesterday #14

Stupid idea, rather than lower taxes we cut spending, specifically on the military. indusurb Yesterday #17

I'd rather actual tax policy that eliminates the cap on SS, raises taxes on wealthy and makes Nanjeanne Yesterday #19

Louder for the folks in the back... nt EarthFirst 23 hrs ago #23

But what about the poor billionaires? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 22 hrs ago #24

It'll go nowhere. Just look at the liberals here. DJ Synikus Makisimus 20 hrs ago #27