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Historic NY

(37,452 posts) Tue Nov 17, 2015, 02:14 PM Nov 2015

Sanders Camp: Tax Hikes Only for ‘People Making a Lot of Money’

Sanders Camp: Tax Hikes Only for ‘People Making a Lot of Money’

“I don’t really see that,” says Tad Devine, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’s senior strategist, of a proposal to raise tax rates on middle class, according to Politico. “I don’t see tax rate increases involving anyone other than people making a lot of money.”

“I don’t know if the Congressional Budget Office itself will be involved, but it’s going to be legit. The think tanks are going to say these are real numbers. This is not somebody’s tax plan that makes no sense in the real world. He’s a serious legislator,” Devine says, according to report

NOTE: Report follows Clinton campaign statement earlier Tuesday attacking Sanders over middle-class tax increases, saying Clinton “will make sure the wealthiest Americans finally start paying their fair share”

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/trackers/2015-11-17/sanders-camp-tax-hikes-only-for-people-making-a-lot-of-money-

Whats his definition of lots of money? We know Hillary's is 250k. We know Sanders plans call to hike payroll tax.

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Sanders Camp: Tax Hikes Only for ‘People Making a Lot of Money’ (Original Post) Historic NY Nov 2015 OP

Is Bernie ever going to explain what 'alot of money' is in dollars? bravenak Nov 2015 #1

I guess that canceled speech was suppose to tell us. Historic NY Nov 2015 #4

We will never know now. bravenak Nov 2015 #5

The better question is, why are you making republican arguments on DU? n/t Dawgs Nov 2015 #2

To which statement of Bernie are you objecting? "Sanders camp" rings of bs. merrily Nov 2015 #3

Sanders admits that the proposed Senate tax legislation he backs would raise BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #6

Same here, as a NYer in a higher tax bracket... JaneyVee Nov 2015 #7

Middle class squirecam Nov 2015 #8

$250,000 per year isn't "middle class". Shame on you, Hillary Clinton. nt Romulox Nov 2015 #9

No squirecam Nov 2015 #11

LOL - well if his campaign manager assures us.... MaggieD Nov 2015 #10

bravenak

(34,648 posts)

1. Is Bernie ever going to explain what 'alot of money' is in dollars?

Reply to Historic NY (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 02:16 PM

Nov 2015

I keep watching to see if he tells us.

Historic NY

(37,452 posts)

4. I guess that canceled speech was suppose to tell us.

Reply to bravenak (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 02:24 PM

Nov 2015

bravenak

(34,648 posts)

5. We will never know now.

Reply to Historic NY (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 02:25 PM

Nov 2015

I still think this thing will be over by March.

Dawgs

(14,755 posts)

2. The better question is, why are you making republican arguments on DU? n/t

Reply to Historic NY (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 02:23 PM

Nov 2015

merrily

(45,251 posts)

3. To which statement of Bernie are you objecting? "Sanders camp" rings of bs.

Reply to Historic NY (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 02:24 PM

Nov 2015

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)

6. Sanders admits that the proposed Senate tax legislation he backs would raise

Reply to Historic NY (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 02:26 PM

Nov 2015

taxes on everyone.

...when pressed by Stephanopoulos about whether the proposed Senate tax legislation he backs, which would use a payroll tax to fund a mandate for 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave from all U.S. employers, Sanders confirmed that the bill would require taxing all citizens -– not just the top 1 percent.

"[The payroll tax] would hit everyone –- yeah, it would. But it would mean we would join the rest of the industrialized world and make sure that when a mom has a baby she can in fact stay home with that baby for three months, rather than going back to work at the end of one week," Sanders said.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bernie-sanders-proposed-payroll-tax-hit/story?id=34546554

Um, no. As a Californian in a higher tax bracket, I'm already taxed up to the wazoo. Don't need our Federal taxes to be raised, as well.

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)

7. Same here, as a NYer in a higher tax bracket...

Reply to BlueCaliDem (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 02:36 PM

Nov 2015

I love being able to pay my taxes, I feel it is my duty, but I don't want to pay higher taxes on my already high taxes. My job is tied to NYC, I can't move to a low cost area of the country.

squirecam

(2,706 posts)

8. Middle class

Reply to Historic NY (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 03:44 PM

Nov 2015

Raising taxes on the middle class is a non-starter for too many people.

Romulox

(25,960 posts)

9. $250,000 per year isn't "middle class". Shame on you, Hillary Clinton. nt

Reply to Historic NY (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 03:45 PM

Nov 2015

squirecam

(2,706 posts)

11. No

Reply to Romulox (Reply #9)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 09:50 PM

Nov 2015

It isn't rich either. And Obama has long defined this amount as middle class.

Sure it's upper middle class. But not remotely rich or people deserving of tax increases.

MaggieD

(7,393 posts)

10. LOL - well if his campaign manager assures us....

Reply to Historic NY (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 03:48 PM

Nov 2015

.... that is lack of detail on his proposals will not EVENTUALLY include taxes on the middle class, we should just trust Saint Bernard. Right?

OMFG. Really??? Especially since he has already admitted that his proposals will be paid for by taxes on all of us? Sorry, his campaign is a joke at this point.

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