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Today's Taxes and Tomorrow's Financial Problems
On tax day, nobody wants to talk about paying more but, despite the Republicans' 30-year line in the sand, that may be unavoidable, and it won't be just the richest Americans. The national debt is too big for them to do it alone.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readOn tax day, nobody wants to talk about paying more but, despite the Republicans' 30-year line in the sand, that may be unavoidable, and it won't be just the richest Americans. The national debt is too big for them to do it alone. New polls surprisingly show that Democrats, Independents and Republicans are so worried about the national debt they might be willing to see an increase in taxes. Most important of all, they want everybody to pay a fair share.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
David Cay Johnston
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author, Daily Beast, Investipedia, DC Report
Steven Kull
University of Maryland's Center on Policy Attitudes
Carl Cannon
Real Clear Politics
The full episode
2 of 3Tax Cuts and the National Debt- 0:00Standard & Poor's Lowers Its Outlook on US to 'Negative'
- 7:13Today's Taxes and Tomorrow's Financial ProblemsYou’re reading this
- 42:35Air-Traffic Controllers Get New Anti-Fatigue Rules