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Middle ground... Yeah, that means tax the 1% at 100%... Yeah, that means raise taxes...
Perhaps it means there's middle ground between massive tax cuts for the wealthy/a flat tax-rate, and raising taxes on business and the rich and not taxing low-income earners at all.
As in: graduated taxes, of a reasonable nature.
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I do agree with you on slashing spending, especially on defense and security... I'm not a fan of over-isolationist policies, but taking a more subdued role in overseas politics and conflicts seems like a good idea to me.
I also think smaller government, and more streamlined processes could help with keeping tax rates more reasonable, without dramatically cutting social spending... but that's never going to happen.
Even our Canadian healthcare system, which is a pretty good one in some ways, is massively inefficient with tax dollars, and mismanaged terribly. Especially with regard to pharmaceuticals and effective outcomes/re-treatments.