Tom, you are right the Republican floor is still unknown. A shrinking identification base, combined with retirements and internal fractures, suggests that the party may be entering a period of contraction. BUT, that dose not add up to victory.
New polling out of Catawba College and YouGov puts Roy Cooper ahead of Michael Whatley 48-34. I was willing to write off the last poll as a one-off from a new pollster, but Catawba’s local and they’ve been doing this a while. And YouGov is relatively new but a quality poll. I’m still not ready to give Cooper a Full-Stein rating, but this may signal a drag on Whatley’s had placed on him by his “complete and total endorser”. I didn’t think anybody not running against Mark Robinson could pull off a 15-point win, but if anybody *could* it would be Cooper. The questions:
Taxing billionaires is actually a great idea. The USA has 900+ billionaires worth 7 trillion dollars. A 10% tax would generate $700 billion which could easily pay for middle class tax relief, improve the social safety net and provide funding for new programs that other countries have had for years. Run the numbers before you discount "socialist" ideas.
If billionaires would pay the taxes they owe we wouldn’t feel compelled to tax them to oblivion. If they paid the taxes they owe they’d still be billionaires.
The middle class needs billionaires to pay more and also to benefit from the reduction of excessive Pentagon pillage.
Tom, you are right the Republican floor is still unknown. A shrinking identification base, combined with retirements and internal fractures, suggests that the party may be entering a period of contraction. BUT, that dose not add up to victory.
New polling out of Catawba College and YouGov puts Roy Cooper ahead of Michael Whatley 48-34. I was willing to write off the last poll as a one-off from a new pollster, but Catawba’s local and they’ve been doing this a while. And YouGov is relatively new but a quality poll. I’m still not ready to give Cooper a Full-Stein rating, but this may signal a drag on Whatley’s had placed on him by his “complete and total endorser”. I didn’t think anybody not running against Mark Robinson could pull off a 15-point win, but if anybody *could* it would be Cooper. The questions:
Is this just noise, or are we seeing a pattern?
Does this gap translate to other races?
Taxing billionaires is actually a great idea. The USA has 900+ billionaires worth 7 trillion dollars. A 10% tax would generate $700 billion which could easily pay for middle class tax relief, improve the social safety net and provide funding for new programs that other countries have had for years. Run the numbers before you discount "socialist" ideas.
If billionaires would pay the taxes they owe we wouldn’t feel compelled to tax them to oblivion. If they paid the taxes they owe they’d still be billionaires.