Charlie Rangel, Mr. 45%
I just read yesterday somewhere, perhaps in The Economist, that Charlie Rangel is trying to engineer a major tax hike. The rates for those in the top income brackets would go up to 45%. W had it at 33%. Bill Clinton had it at 36%.
45% would be disaster. 45% would turn America into Europe. This man single handedly could cost Dems the White House next year regardless of who the nominee is. The tax and spend liberal days will be back. Republicans would gain steam.
If you don't like 36%, go for 37%. But 45%? That is hop step jump all in one.
Charlie Rangel is a good guy, a decent man, I like him, but this 45% talk makes me want to rescue Harlem from Charlie Rangel.
The Republicans are in such a bad shape right now because they flushed fiscal responsibility down the toilet. That is one big reason. Dems have to learn not to repeat their mistake. Or they will be back, the Repubs.
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“If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen,” Mrs. Clinton said at an event in Indianola, Iowa. “Well, I’m really comfortable in the kitchen, and I’m going to stay in there and absorb the heat.”Hillary used the kitchen metaphor to reach out to women in a back-handed way. This sends out precisely the wrong message. Should someone aspiring to become the first woman leader of the free world suggest that the woman's place is in the kitchen? Should not the message instead be that both men and women belong in the kitchen, as they do in the raising of children? Hillary was better in 1992 when she said, Oh I guess I could have stayed home and baked cookies. I like that better. Back then she meant it as sarcasm. Now she actually means it. With her kitchen comment, she is sending out the message that women should stay home and bake cookies. She also used the broom and stick metaphor in Iowa months back. What do you think she was trying to do?
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Last night I walked over to this Park Slope event that was anti war. It was inside this church. Congresspeople Jerry Nadler, Yvette Clarke, and Anthony Weiner were on stage. Former Congressman Major Owens was sitting in the aisle right behind me. He also spoke for a few minutes. He was easily the most popular person in the room.
I asked a question at the end. "I believe the best anti-war strategy is to send the right person to the White House. Who do you think that is?" Clarke had already left. Weiner said Clinton, as did Nadler. The audience did not seem to like the answer.
There were sandwiches you could have after the event. Free food is a good idea.
On the walk back, I stopped by the Barnes & Noble on 7th Avenue. That is where I read Rangel's 45% thing in The Economist.
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