Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Ocasio-Cortez DESTROYS Meghan McCain live on air, gets huge ovation [View all]lapfog_1
(29,293 posts)and how much this average family pays in out of pocket health care... and how much (on average) their employers pay... and how much (on average) their health care costs.
Don't throw around numbers like AOC did which are highly misleading.
Let's be accurate... and then explain what payroll tax is going to levied and who will pay more in payroll taxes and by how much.
At the end of the presentation the video producer started talking about 90% marginal tax rates. So I just want to know how much *I* am going to pay in taxes for all of these programs (tuition, health care, free child care, Green New Deal).
I mean I might be for it if someone gives me actual proposed spending, cuts in other government spending, and increased taxes on "the rich" (which might mean people like me, depending on what the proposals are).
Someone sit down and grind out all the numbers. Where the numbers aren't known, put in a range and create multiple possibilities and rate the probability of each one.
No, I am not asking you to do this, but there are some bright people working for Warren and Sanders... why can't they do it?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden