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Yes, and raise taxes on all income brackets

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 @9FG58GJ  from North Carolina  disagreed…3yrs3Y

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if we raise taxes on private income brackets, our society will fail causing private business to go bankrupt which results in them not being able to hire which results in unemployment. this will cause an economic crisis.

 @9FFD5B2Republican from Pennsylvania  disagreed…3yrs3Y

Not one tax bracket should pay more because they have more except large companies and or million to billionaires.

 @9FBM4YG from Minnesota  disagreed…3yrs3Y

taxes should be a percentage of the money you make, land you own, etc. if someone makes more money they will need to pay more but it is still all fair if it is by percentages. but someone should not be punished because they worked harder and make more money it was what they worked for.

 @9FGRPD7 from New York  disagreed…3yrs3Y

If all income brackets are raised, they will end up hurting not only the rich, but the middle class and lower class.

 @9FBX4G6 from California  disagreed…3yrs3Y

My counter argument is that,we already have people struggling to feed their family;we shouldn't wanna raise the number of people struggling

 @B8CFK9J from Georgia  agreed…8mos8MO

Taxing the rich more will just make the money laundering problem worse and there is always a way that they can pay the less taxes.

 @9F8TP4D from Utah  disagreed…3yrs3Y

This is more reasonable than raising taxes on the upper tax brackets and lowering them for lower tax brackets. Many of the rich worked for their money, and shouldn't be taxed more because of it.

 @B8GX69S from Georgia  agreed…7mos7MO

Taylor Swift makes $2 billion a year, even if taxes were raised she'd still be rich. Compare to the lower middle class families trying to get by.

 @B9HXW46 from Illinois  agreed…5mos5MO

Raise the taxes for the equality on the shares the people have, but only make it fair for people that have high revenue, higher taxes, even the corrupted should have higher taxes. People with average or low revenue should have little less or average taxes.

 @9H4J5Q2 from Missouri  disagreed…3yrs3Y

if the taxes are raised on private income brackets, our community will be on a downfall causing private businesses to go bankrupt which results in them not being able to hire which results in unemployment. this will cause an economic crisis.

 @9F8BPK3 from Florida  disagreed…3yrs3Y

No the government should not raise taxes on the rich when our country beleives in equality in opportunity. If all Americans have equal opportunity to earn money, people that have earned it should not have to pay more.

 @9F8CQK5 from Texas  disagreed…3yrs3Y

This is more reasonable than raising taxes on the upper tax brackets and lowering them for lower tax brackets. Many of the rich worked for their money, and shouldn't be taxed more because of it.

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