All that is needed to pay for Bernie's plans is a shift back towards the tax rates under Eisenhower. Bernie's plan to fund his issues was fairly simple:
Bernie Sanders - Official Website | Bernie Sanders Official WebsiteThis shifts the taxes back to the rich and off the poor and middle class.
Once people realize that they get more bang for their tax buck, especially when you include the cost of health insurance (versus medicare for all) and the tuition costs of higher education (versus free college tuition), with your current tax rate, so you compare total costs before and after, then their approval rises sharply.
Sadly, the Democrats can't articulate this to save their life. That is one of the most baffling things I have seen is that many of the Democrat policies are viewed in a favorable light by the majority populace. However, the Dems really need to learn how to do better marketing. The Republicans are very adept at spin and effective communication.
I think the main issue is Republicans like to beat the drum of 'trickle down economics' and constantly use that phrase to persuade the general populace that if higher taxes for the rich are enacted, it will mean job losses for the middle class. The extremely simple Dem response to this should be: rich people
don't use their own incomes to pay salaries. Salaries are paid through corporations and LLCs. Raising taxes on some rich asshole will do NOTHING to the salaries or jobs of working class middle income Americans. Jobs and salaries are driven by supply/demand for goods and services and the profit from those transactions are what pays salaries.
If someone on the Dem side could, once and for all, articulate the above in a manner that the people can understand, it will go a long way towards being able to enact more reasonable services and decrease the massive wealth divide in our country.
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