God I hate The Atlantic. Good point, but they still had to shoehorn in
Both senators have promised to cover the cost with taxes on corporations and very rich households. But even if that were to happen, it would jeopardize everything else voters expect from the Democratic Party, such as expanding health-care access and investing in clean energy. There is a mathematical limit on how much additional revenue can be generated from raising taxes on high-income households,
Note that in one sentence they lump taxing corporations and rich households together, and then 2 sentences later they dismiss raising taxes on rich households to dismiss both prospects.
Note how they lump billionaires with “rich households,” then dismiss taxing billionaires using a consultancy report on households earning over $400k instead of any rigorous economic analysis of taxing literal billionaires.
Note how even the consultant-written report calls taxing rich households a half-step, and that we need that AND MORE. The Atlantic is using a critique saying a tax hike isn’t good enough to say that a tax hike isn’t good. Note how they implicitly truncate the “enough.”
Note how the consultant-written report has an entire section on the social good even the half-step measure will bring, and that The Atlantic will not report on this at all.
Note how at every step they implicitly push and reinforce the notion that anything beyond milquetoast neo liberalism with a veneer of progressivism is too far, even in an article criticizing democrats for doing the same.
Someone pointed out that things make sense when you realize democrats and republicans have the same bosses. I want to add, The Atlantic also has the same bosses.
God I hate The Atlantic. Good point, but they still had to shoehorn in
Note that in one sentence they lump taxing corporations and rich households together, and then 2 sentences later they dismiss raising taxes on rich households to dismiss both prospects.
Note how they lump billionaires with “rich households,” then dismiss taxing billionaires using a consultancy report on households earning over $400k instead of any rigorous economic analysis of taxing literal billionaires.
Note how even the consultant-written report calls taxing rich households a half-step, and that we need that AND MORE. The Atlantic is using a critique saying a tax hike isn’t good enough to say that a tax hike isn’t good. Note how they implicitly truncate the “enough.”
Note how the consultant-written report has an entire section on the social good even the half-step measure will bring, and that The Atlantic will not report on this at all.
Note how at every step they implicitly push and reinforce the notion that anything beyond milquetoast neo liberalism with a veneer of progressivism is too far, even in an article criticizing democrats for doing the same.
Someone pointed out that things make sense when you realize democrats and republicans have the same bosses. I want to add, The Atlantic also has the same bosses.