Shrillland wrote:Greater Sundiata Shores wrote:I mean not that I support Trump or anything but I can't abide by Biden. Joe Biden supports policies that are radical and un-American like socialized medicine and higher minimum wage laws, and will raise taxes well beyond what I think is acceptable in this country.
Not that I like Trump. But if he can prevent this kind of stuff...
A public option for the ACA and higher minimum wage aren't un-American, Sundiata. States are voting for minimum wage increases anyway. As for raising taxes, the quintessential American decades saw taxes considerably higher than what we have now. Unless, of course, you follow MMT, in which case taxes only need to be high to keep the rich from taking more than they need.
That is a reason for taxes under MMT but it is not the only one