Yet the provisions that, in fact, disproportionately benefit the wealthy, including the reduction for capital gains and dividends, the Republicans would protect from any changes. The Republican priorities could not be clearer when it comes to Medicare: end it. As to their tax provisions: help the very wealthy.
Mike Levin: “Yet the provisions that, in fact, disproportionately benefit the wealthy, including the reduction for capital gains and…”
On the recordMarch 28, 2012
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