Harris Plan Would Bring Tax Increases for Richest 1% and Cuts for the Bottom 99%
"The contrast between Harris and Trump on taxation could not be more clear," said the executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
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"Hey, I'm in the bottom 99%, I like this promise"
You know who else is in the bottom 99%, your fucking landlord. if you pay 1% less tax you can buy a whole bag of doritos if they pay 1% less tax they can buy your Mum's house.
Government only needs to pay lawyers to go after what the 1% already owe and it would be more than any increase would provide.
You're being a bit obtuse and misleading here, clearly you didn't read the article.
For starters... its not an income level agnostic tax decrease. Its not a flat tax.
Its graduated. Progressive. And it decreases taxes for all but the wealthiest, whose taxes increase.
The group estimated that under Harris' proposals, the poorest 20% of Americans would see an average tax cut of $1,130 in 2026 while the richest 1% would see an average increase of $121,460.
Sad as it is, our political system offers a binary choice.
Would you perhaps prefer the alternative?
EDIT:
If Harris wins, we can also reasonably expect a continuation of the Biden policy of doing that other thing you want, the IRS actually going after people in the 'landlord' brackets for tax evasion.
Has that been as extensive as you or I would prefer?
No.
But the alternative is Trump, who, along with Elon, might just abolish the IRS, or massively defund those efforts.
That comparison graph needs to be shown to all of those swing state voters. It makes it so obvious the poor right are voting against their interests.
It needs to be simplified. You'd be rather shocked at how many people can't read the vast majority of standard graphs.
Fuck, you're right.
I consistently forget that the average American has a 6th grade reading comprehension level.
And most wont even be honest in what group they realy are..
I think you accidentally a word or two there, but yes, I can only hope they have a plan for a week of nonstop adds with basically the second graph, and a concise explanation that these are nonpartisan, independent estimates/assessments.
Trump = Your taxes go up, unless you are Elon Musk. (Happy Elon Jumping Pic, followed by crying laid off Tesla worker lady)
Kamala = Your taxes go down, unless you are Elon Musk. (Sad, Crying Elon Pic, followed by one of his Starships fucking exploding, as all his sycophants cheer)
Granted, the MAGA cultists are quite adept at being impervious to basic facts... who knows if anything would actually work on them.
Is that the difference per bracket, or the net difference per income level? Because I think it’s the latter but I’m not sure
The images I used are, I think, shitty thumbnail versions of whats actually on the article as I only have a shit tier 4g phone.
If you go to the article's page itself, you can make out the bracket definitions better.
