We have the record of quarterly Federal tax revenue online. Find them and read them. Compare them to the effective tax rate at the time.
Fiscal sanity has nothing to do with trickle down economy or any other economy for that matter.
Wealth of the 1% is fundamentally in stocks. Force the sale of stock and it crashes the value of the stock. Many not so wealthy have their money in that stock. You'd diminish a far larger chunk of wealth than even the 1% have if you did that. 50% of Federal tax filers pay no tax and many in fact receive money they never put into the system.
When are you going to start to pay your fair share?
The GOP is theater. It is distraction. It is - at its essence - the DNC on a slightly slower roll.
Those who invest their hope in either political party assure misery and despair.
In a sense, Obama was right… we’re post-partisan. Neither party serves us as a people, certainly not as a
decent people. Hangers’ on and lackeys will do the robotic thing, but normal people need to wake up. The sooner folks realize this and de-couple, the sooner they can focus on providing for/protecting their families, friends, and communities.
Politicians and media and academia and hollywood/contemporary culture ARE the enemy.
Find value where value exists. Faith, family, friends, local community. Do not be deceived.