Robert Naiman | A Robin Hood Tax to Pay for the Wars Robert Naiman, Truthout

: "A key question hanging over the election is this: in America today, is it politically feasible to make the super rich pay their fair share of taxes? So far, the answer given to this question by the election season seems to be no. Some Democrats thought that they had a winning issue politically in allowing the Bush tax cuts on the super rich to expire, but, so far, it seems that they were wrong. But here's a strategy that has not yet been fully explored: rather than simply urge that the super rich be required to pay their fair share of taxes to support government expenditures in general, let's demand that particular increased taxes on the super rich be earmarked to particular government expenditures that the super rich will have a hard time dodging politically."
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