▲ 860 ▼ Do you agree with this? (lemmy.zip) submitted 5 months ago by favoredponcho@lemmy.zip to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world 176 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 21 points 5 months ago (4 children) No. I dont. It should be 20%. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lauha@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) Realistically like 60% permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago I know we're all virtue signaling here, but historically the country's economy did the best when the top income tax bracket was 90% to 95%. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Soulg@ani.social 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) That'll never pass. 5% probably won't either but it's more likely. You can't always be the enemy of incremental progress permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago This is the argument which took Obamacare from being a big bold progressive transformation to the American medical system and made it worthless; the same framework that led Obama to make only incremental reforms when Americans were demanding sweeping changes: this argument of incrementalism is why fascism got a toehold in the US, and the insistence on the idealogically of incrementalism on the part of alleged allies is why fascism has taken over almost entirely. The politics of half a loaf is why the American system is falling apart. It's not a way forwards. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lauha@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) Realistically like 60% permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago I know we're all virtue signaling here, but historically the country's economy did the best when the top income tax bracket was 90% to 95%. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago I know we're all virtue signaling here, but historically the country's economy did the best when the top income tax bracket was 90% to 95%. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Soulg@ani.social 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) That'll never pass. 5% probably won't either but it's more likely. You can't always be the enemy of incremental progress permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago This is the argument which took Obamacare from being a big bold progressive transformation to the American medical system and made it worthless; the same framework that led Obama to make only incremental reforms when Americans were demanding sweeping changes: this argument of incrementalism is why fascism got a toehold in the US, and the insistence on the idealogically of incrementalism on the part of alleged allies is why fascism has taken over almost entirely. The politics of half a loaf is why the American system is falling apart. It's not a way forwards. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago This is the argument which took Obamacare from being a big bold progressive transformation to the American medical system and made it worthless; the same framework that led Obama to make only incremental reforms when Americans were demanding sweeping changes: this argument of incrementalism is why fascism got a toehold in the US, and the insistence on the idealogically of incrementalism on the part of alleged allies is why fascism has taken over almost entirely. The politics of half a loaf is why the American system is falling apart. It's not a way forwards. permalink fedilink source parent
