06-04-2019, 01:30 PM
(06-04-2019, 01:21 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Pinpointing one subject aside:
I suppose it depends on how it is funded.
Add a couple cents to a gallon of gas: not radical
Have 1% of the population pay 90% of the cost: radical
Should we make it the top 20% pay 85%? The percentage may be higher, now, but that was how much of the nation's wealth the top 20% held in 2007. Maybe we break it down like that, instead? Top 1% pays 35%, 2-5% pays 27%, etc.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
