Issue Position: A Fairer Tax Code and Our National Budget

Issue Position

We must do more to ensure that if you play be the rules and work hard you can have a better standard of living than the one you left behind in the economic downturn. One path to a brighter financial future is through a fairer tax system. I support a tax increase on the wealthiest Americans. Many wealthy people have vastly increased their wealth through a federal tax policy that puts a lower tax rate on investment income like dividend and interest from stocks and other assets. Most Americans pay taxes based on wages and salaries that are taxed at a higher rate than investment income -- a vicious circle that ensures the rich get richer and the rest of us just get by.

Finally, Congress and the government must stop wasteful government spending and reduce our national debt as another key step to economic stability.

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