January 21, 2019 Discover The Networks
“When my grandmother got here almost a hundred years ago, I’m sure that she never could have imagined that just two generations later, one of her grandsons would be serving as a member of the United States Congress and the other would be standing with you here today to say these words: I am a candidate for president of the United States of America.”
Those were the words that Julian Castro delivered to a crowd of supporters in San Antonio a few days ago when he became the latest Democrat to announce his candidacy for the White House. “I’m running for President because it’s time for new leadership and to make sure opportunities I had are available to every American,” he added.
But who, exactly, is this man?............The key planks of his campaign platform are massive programs that would require trillions of taxpayer dollars to implement: “Medicare-for-all” (government-run, single-payer healthcare), universal access to government-funded pre-K and higher education, and a so-called “Green New Deal” – i.e., enormous public investments in “clean-energy” jobs and infrastructure, so as to end America’s reliance on fossil fuels.
When asked how he would pay for such initiatives, Castro said what all Democrats say: that wealthier individuals and corporations would finally be required to “pay their fair share” of taxes. “There was a time in this country,” he noted, “where the top marginal tax rate was over 90 percent.”. ...........To Read More.....
“When my grandmother got here almost a hundred years ago, I’m sure that she never could have imagined that just two generations later, one of her grandsons would be serving as a member of the United States Congress and the other would be standing with you here today to say these words: I am a candidate for president of the United States of America.”
Those were the words that Julian Castro delivered to a crowd of supporters in San Antonio a few days ago when he became the latest Democrat to announce his candidacy for the White House. “I’m running for President because it’s time for new leadership and to make sure opportunities I had are available to every American,” he added.
But who, exactly, is this man?............The key planks of his campaign platform are massive programs that would require trillions of taxpayer dollars to implement: “Medicare-for-all” (government-run, single-payer healthcare), universal access to government-funded pre-K and higher education, and a so-called “Green New Deal” – i.e., enormous public investments in “clean-energy” jobs and infrastructure, so as to end America’s reliance on fossil fuels.
When asked how he would pay for such initiatives, Castro said what all Democrats say: that wealthier individuals and corporations would finally be required to “pay their fair share” of taxes. “There was a time in this country,” he noted, “where the top marginal tax rate was over 90 percent.”. ...........To Read More.....
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