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7. That would put republicans in an awkward spot

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Fri Apr 25, 2025, 11:45 AM

Apr 2025

If they actually advance a proposal for, say, a 3% increaee increase in taxes on billionaires to pay for a $300 check for the rest of us, it's then hard for them to object to a counter by us for a 10% hike on the rich to pay for $1000 for the rest of us.

I mean, they'll always call us socil1sts regardless, but still....

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