Name:   phil - Subject:   Cost of Medicare for all-$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Date:   7/30/2018 4:08:03 PM

Dems are already talking about a 50+% tax rate.

“Well, it’s not about the number,” Warren said in response to a question about the corporate tax rate. “Here’s how I look at budgets and taxes are at the heart of this. A lot of people think they’re just numbers. They’re not. They are the expression of our values. The values of the Republican Party that passed those tax cuts are to give $1.5 trillion away to the richest Americans and the biggest corporations, and let everybody else pick up the crumbs.”

When Harwood asked if a 50 percent tax rate on the country’s top earners would be “obviously too high,” Warren reiterated: “It’s not about a number. That’s what negotiations are all about. That’s why you sit down and you negotiate over the numbers.”

She noted, however, that the rate for top earners historically has been as high at 90 percent.

Imagine working to give 50-90 cents on the dollar to the government.  GFY would be in heaven.