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Economic Activism and Progressive Living

westladem

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8. $47 billion is a lot of money to make sure the Top 10% has adequate health care. We could fix

Reply to westladem (Reply #7)

Mon Sep 16, 2013, 04:20 PM

Sep 2013

half of the train tracks across the country for only $50 billion, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. Ditto on $38 billion for the mortgage interest deduction - we could clean up 65% of the toxic waste sites that 3/4 of all Americans live within 3 miles of. And the $49 billion to pay the state and local taxes of the Top 10%? I'd much rather that we double student aid, which would only cost $45 billion.

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Have You PAID Your Billionaire Today - WH petition to close loopholes used by Needy Billionaires [View all] westladem Sep 2013 OP

Good post thanks gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1

Thanx - love your sig line westladem Sep 2013 #9

thanks I was thinking of using fuckthegop gopiscrap Sep 2013 #10

hahahahahahaha! Not into profanity, but - dang, it fits westladem Sep 2013 #11

Welcome to DU gopiscrap Sep 2013 #2

Among the apparent proposals on the site: tax employer provided health insurance, PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #3

This ONLY applies to the amounts for the Top 10% westladem Sep 2013 #4

You can only deduct the mortgage interest on your primary or secondary home, not 3rd, 4th, etc... PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #6

According to the CBO, 64% of the mortgage interest deduction goes to the Top 10%, while 54% of the westladem Sep 2013 #7

$47 billion is a lot of money to make sure the Top 10% has adequate health care. We could fix westladem Sep 2013 #8

All of the amounts listed on the site are loopholes that go directly to the Top 10% westladem Sep 2013 #5

Thanks. dc rox May 2014 #12

Welcome to DU, dc rox! Rhiannon12866 May 2014 #13