Hillary Promises Not To Raise Taxes On Those Making $250,000 Or Less
Hillary Clinton vows not to raise taxes on middle income Americans making $250,000 a year or less.
Click here for reuse options!It’s a pledge that has worked well for others on the campaign trail before her, a resonant assurance to voters who saw themselves as middle class or aspired to be. But it’s a bad promise.
Mrs. Clinton is using a definition of middle class that has long been popular among Democratic policy makers, from her husband toBarack Obama when he was a candidate: any household that makes$250,000 or less a year. Yet this definition is completely out of touch with reality. It also boxes her in…
Senator Bernie Sanders also wants to help the middle class, but he wants to do it in a way that could mean raising its taxes, even if he promises that most of an increased burden will fall on the wealthy. This has made him a target of the Clinton camp, which is tellingvoters that Mrs. Clinton is the only candidate pledging to shield the middle class.
Mr. Sanders, as well as Martin O’Malley, who is also running for the Democratic nomination, have avoided any pledge against middle-class tax increases.
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9 responses to Hillary Promises Not To Raise Taxes On Those Making $250,000 Or Less
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Mike December 28th, 2015 at 19:56
If corporations and churches ever paid their fair share there wouldn’t be a need for a personal income tax
Obewon December 28th, 2015 at 20:40
Corporations that pay taxes average a mere 12.5%, roughly the same rate Billionaires pay. 2/3 of M/Billionaires favor the Buffet rule 30% minimum federal tax on $1 M net income. http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/10/27/most-millionaires-support-warren-buffetts-tax-on-the-rich/
rg9rts December 29th, 2015 at 03:41
The funny part is the bloated military budget…THAT is often the result of congress forcing programs on the pentagon to bring pork back home..
Texas is good for that
Budda December 28th, 2015 at 22:44
I don’t think of $250,000 as “middle class”
bushputz December 29th, 2015 at 01:46
I’ve got a better idea. How about promising to raise taxes on those making MORE than $250,000 a year?
rg9rts December 29th, 2015 at 03:38
Just close the loopholes ….and nail big business to pay their fair share.. the deficit would be 0 in no time
maggie December 29th, 2015 at 12:01
the cost of living and wages vary state to state city to city…so I guess you have to come up with a number…depending on where you live and your wage that is a fair number ….sounds like she’s just trying to average everything out for a family of four….
BillPasadena December 29th, 2015 at 18:10
I’m guessing she is implying only income taxes.
Obama promised the same thing and the first thing he did was raise the tax on cigarettes 156%.
When you consider the demographics of smokers, the opposite of the rich were targeted.
robert December 29th, 2015 at 22:06
so she isn’t raising my 32% ?
i don’t know weather to thank her or still vote for bernie