re: Ryan tax plan would cut taxes on rich and RAISE THEM on middle class - WaPo

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So instead of reducing our expenses our plan should be take more money from people that produce.

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The deficit between revenue and expenses is too high to address by singularly raising revenue or reducing spending. Both are required. This is where our two party system would work great if we weren't so polarized. Dems advocate for raising revenue to reasonable required levels while the Reps keep spending in check.

Instead, Dems often advocate to increase revenue while not reducing spending and Republicans like the reduce revenue and raise the military budget (one of the largest cost drivers)