“..Why are we Afraid to Tax the Super-Rich..”
“..Our nation is already deeply in debt.
How can we possibly afford to invest in our infrastructure, renewable energy, health care, our schools —
– and create the millions of jobs that our unemployed desperately need?
We are told that we’re already living well beyond our means — that entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security will bankrupt us.
Forget the solar panels, the smaller classes and the new jobs — we’ve got to cut back on government programs at all levels.
Meanwhile, the super-rich are still having a ball.
In his annual shareholder letter, mega-investor Warren Buffett wrote, “We’ve put a lot of money to work during the chaos of the last two years.
When it’s raining gold, reach for a bucket, not a thimble.”
And Forbes Magazine adds, “Many plutocrats did just that.
Indeed, last year’s wealth wasteland has become a billionaire bonanza.
Most of the richest people on the planet have seen their fortunes soar in the past year.”
Which brings us back to the federal budget.
There are two sides to every ledger: the expenses…and the income.
We need to start looking at the income side.
With a fairer tax system, we could retrieve some of that money downpour that the elite has been siphoning away from us for decades.
In the 1950s the marginal tax rate on those earning more than $3 million a year (in today’s dollars) was 91 percent.
By 1990 it was 28 percent..”
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