
Why Republicans Want To Defund The IRS
Lever Time
Is It Immoral to Tax the Rich?
I think there's a faction on the right that is ideologically motivated because they think it is truly immoral to tax the wealthy. They hate the idea of progressive taxation, which has been a founding principle in this country for 100 years. So I think that there is some ideological motivation. And then they just want to keep more money in their pocket and the wealthy want tokeep more money. There was a sense in the 1950s in corporations that they're kind of proud of the taxes that they paid.
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