We asked the wealthiest Americans to kick in an additional 3% of their income above $250k. The Rightwing conservatives blocked any attempt to raise taxes on even those making above $1 million a year
Where was Sarah Palins call for sacrifice then?
If that would have happened there would have been a spike in job loss, dumb ass.
What evidence do you have for that? The top rate was raised in 1993, and we got about 20 million jobs that decade.
All economists, even liberal economists would agree with the statement tax increases cost jobs and particularly tax increases for the rich bastards who earn it on the back of the working man because earning it on the back of the working man means giving the working man a job.
I don't know, maybe the field of economics is crap and you know better. But I'm thinking not.