The Crosstab Weekly Newsletter š January 20, 2019
Americans want the rich to pay more taxes. Lefty Democrats are jumping on the opportunity.
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This Week's Big Question
Do Americans want to tax the rich more? Unequivocally: yes.
The predominant feeling among Americans, plain and simple, is that the rich donāt pay their fair share in taxes. Politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have recently called for the top-marginal tax rate to rise to as much as 7ā¦
