posted by kizer permanente
Tax increases reduce the deficit… something Republicans claim they care about but never do.
All the Dems do is increase taxes to fund even bigger increases in spending, pretending that it's funded by the tax increases on rich & corporations when in reality those costs are actually borne by the middle class (generally without corresponding benefit, which accrues mostly to the poor).
I don't care about the sometimes wonky deficit accounting. The DEBT has been increasing under every POTUS since, well, I got tired of looking after I got to Calvin Coolidge. And the debt has spiraled out of control since W, with Obama DOUBLING that pace, a level which has "fortunately" been held without an acceleration under Trump and Biden.