Remember that video of Mayor Mamdani talking about raising taxes on the rich? How did that work out? Maybe they should ask the realtors in Florida.
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Here in Texas, candidate James Talarico wants to raise taxes on the rich. Let’s get the details:
Facing polls indicating his support has topped out and doubts from fellow Democrats who do not believe he has what it takes to excite minority communities, Talarico is now openly campaigning on raising taxes on Americans.
“I’ve told every wealthy person I’ve come across in this race: If you are ok with getting taxed more, if you’re ok with me limiting your influence in politics, you are welcome to join this movement that we are building,” he said, thanking billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban for being part of it.
Talarico’s campaign platform includes plans to create what he described as a “fairer” tax system.
“Make giant corporations and the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share of taxes. (That way, we can cut taxes for working families and small businesses,),” he claims – a promise that leftists often make but never deliver on for hardworking Americans. His campaign website claims that he is interested in making “billionaires pay their fair share in taxes,” including “by imposing a higher tax on their income and capital gains and ending the dubious ‘buy, borrow, die’ loopholes that billionaires use to grow untaxed wealth.”
He also wants to raise the corporate tax rate while standing up against what he described as “attacks against SNAP and WIC,” but are actually the efforts of the Trump administration to root out fraud, waste, and abuse in these programs.
Fair share? Raise the corporate tax? Where have we heard that nonsense before? The ugly not beautiful bill?
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So let me get this straight. Businesses from high-tax states are moving to Texas and bringing jobs and taxpayers. They leave places like California and move to Texas seeking a more business-friendly environment. So, what is Mr. Talarico talking about? Turn Texas into California?
Like other liberal demagogues, Mr. Talarico is blaming the “affordability” crisis on the rich not paying their fair share. Yet, he won’t say a word about the cost of government in our family budgets. How much is government costing you, and what benefits are you getting from that investment? You pay higher taxes, but the streets are in bad shape, and the schools can’t teach. But let’s blame it on the rich because that’s what your crowd wants to hear.
Maybe Mr. Talarico should take his act to the West Coast and run there. And take Mark Cuban with him.
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