There is no end to madness of vengeful redistributionism

Dems propose minimum 45 percent tax rate on income above $1 million

By Pete Kasperowicz 

Several House Democrats on Thursday introduced legislation that would impose a minimum 45 percent tax rate on taxable income above $1 million, and would set a 49 percent rate on income above $1 billion.

The Fairness in Taxation Act, H.R. 1723, was proposed by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), who said the bill would help put the nation's wealth back into the hands of middle- and lower-income workers.

"Our country faces an inequality crisis," she said Thursday. "While the amount of earned income — and accumulated wealth — by the top one percent of earners continues its dramatic rise, most Americans have seen little or no gain in take-home pay for decades.

"We need increased revenue to eliminate the sequester, fund investments in education, public safety, and infrastructure and provide support for Americans striving to reach the middle class," she added.

For taxable income from $1 million to $10 million, the bill would set a 45 percent tax rate. That rate increases to 46 percent for income between $10 million and 20 million, 47 percent for income between $20 million and $100 million, and 48 percent for income between $100 million and $1 billion.

Schakowsky pointed to a Congressional Research Service study that said raising tax rates on the wealthy has "little to no impact on macroeconomic growth."

Her bill is co-sponsored by Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.), Donna Edwards (D-Md.), Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) and John Yarmuth (D-Ky.).

These are the radical leftists in Congress. Would you ever hear them described as such in the media?

The fraud is they have no plan to "put the nation's wealth back into the hands of middle- and lower-income workers". They will the money to aggrandize their power by making more people beholding to the government for goodies. The government has a poor record of creating jobs of value. They can only hire more bureaucrats and regulators. As that segment grows we tip into a non competitive stance in world trade. They want to do for America what they did to the black family through liberal policies.