‘Taxing the rich’ not nearly enough to fund Dems’ dreams

'Taxing the rich' not nearly enough to fund Dems' dreams

Democrats continue to push an ambitious agenda, but it won’t be cheap – and that may be an understatement.

The agenda from Democrats aims to help the environment while expanding or creating programs to provide things such as health care, education, and "universal basic income" to millions of people. While that may sound good to some Americans, Joel Griffith of The Heritage Foundation , a conservative think tank, says it is mathematically impossible to pay for that liberal agenda solely by taxing the rich.

"Most of the leading [presidential] candidates, or a number of them, have proposed Medicare for All; […]

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