Recent Polls on Taxing the Rich and Spending the Surplus

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Jul 31 09:27:11 PDT 1999


Nathan Newman wrote:


>For just how disconnected the DC debate on tax cuts are from what the public
>wants (and how sad the progressive movement is for not stirring up more
>outrage)

So you must agree with Ellen Frank that the "progressive movement," whatever that is, should also criticize the practice of running giant surpluses (and a debt paydown) off a regressive tax and talk about spending public money instead. The respectable parts of the "progressive movement" won't do that because it's fiscally irresponsible.

Doug



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