Democrats running for 2020 nomination are running as the party of government greed

Washington Times:
Democrats eyeing bids for the White House also are competing to see who is willing to go the highest in raising taxes.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York liberal who is too young constitutionally to become president, nevertheless set a benchmark when she suggested in a “60 Minutes” interview Sunday that rates for the wealthy could top out at up to 70 percent.

Julian Castro, an Obama administration Cabinet official who has announced a testing-the-waters presidential committee, quickly jumped on the bandwagon by telling ABC News that it’s time the wealthy be tapped for their “fair share.”

“There was a time in this country where the top marginal tax rate was over 90 percent,” Mr. Castro said in praising Ms. Ocasio-Cortez’s vision. “Even during Reagan’s era in the 1980s, it was around 50 percent.”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, who also has formed a presidential exploratory committee, hasn’t committed to a high-water mark, but she too spoke approvingly of major rate hikes.
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Democrat politicians are by their nature greedy.  They want other peoples money so they can use it to buy votes.  They want to create government dependency rather than allow the private sector to use earnings to create jobs by expanding businesses or buying goods and services from private citizens. Between being regulatory control freaks the Democrat politicians want to use other peoples money to control voters who become dependent on government giveaways.

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