Letting the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest 3 percent of Americans expire should be a political no-brainer for Democrats, says Robert Reich at Salon. But Republicans, once again, have proved more adept at framing tax policy. Democrats should beat them at their own game by proposing a "People's Tax Cut," and then "let Republicans explain why they’re against it." An excerpt:
Republicans are calling the Democrats' proposal to end the Bush tax cuts on the richest 3 percent a "tax increase," and demagoging that it will hurt the economy and small business. This is baloney, to put it politely...
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