This is whats wrong with liberals...

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The Capital Gains Tax in the US should be raised to match the percentages of the Income Tax. Rich people make most of their money from investments and pay a much smaller percentage of that income in taxes than wage earners and salaried employees.

Madgirl · 26-30, F

@quitwhendone exactly, thats the stuff the left should be focusing on. redistributin of wealth. that would fix many of the other problems too.

BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F

@Madgirl That's the stuff we ARE focused on. The idiots who scream about idpol are not leftists. Us leftists hate those fucking poseurs.

SomeMichGuy · M

@quitwhendone Yes. If income is income, regardless of source, it would change everything.

Even if you just make those who were the target of Sen. Sanders' push for taxation--the traders on Wall Street who make every dime from trading, thus only pay capital gains--we could fund the "college for everyone" initiative.

Of course, treating it all the same would help Social Security, Medicare, ...