7. Tax Fairness
Progressive Agenda: “Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit. Implement the “Buffett Rule” so millionaires pay their fair share.”
CPUSA: “No taxes for workers and low and middle income people; progressive taxation of the wealthy and private corporations.”
SPUSA: “We call for a steeply graduated income tax and a steeply graduated estate tax, and a maximum income of no more than ten times the minimum. We oppose regressive taxes such as payroll tax, sales tax, and property taxes. We call for the restoration of the capital gains tax and luxury tax on a progressive, graduated scale.”
As you can see the similarities in the platforms between the ‘Progressive Agenda’ and the Communist and Socialist Party’s of the US are striking. Even the Progressive Agenda points that did not directly correlate with the CPUSA and SPUSA manifestos would undoubtedly be agreed upon by both parties.
I applaud this Liberal “contract with America,” not because I agree with them but because they are finally telling the people who they really are.
As one of our resident writers, Keith Farrell, said to me “I for one, welcome an openly socialist left-wing. Makes it easier to debate them when they aren’t hiding it.” I couldn’t agree more.
