deficit spending and options to pay for their infrastructure bill they re working on now. progressives are advocating for a wealth tax. the white house is reportedly focused on increasing the corporate tax rate, raising income taxes for those making more than $400,000 a year and other tax hikes that would impact the rich. biden president biden seems to realize that republicans are not going to get on board for this. i ll get the democratic votes for a tax increase. if we took the tax raise back when bush was president, 6%, that would raise $230 billion. because republicans have lined up against it, there s new pressure for democrats to strap the filibuster. moderates like joe manchin oppose nuking filibuster. president biden indicated he s open to the idea. republicans are calling it a power grab and they re warning democrats could use the change for immigration reform. they re prepare to steam roll the senate into a body like the house because they get in the way of
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