This Time ‘Class Warfare’ Cry is True
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July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Republicans have been waging classwarfare for years -- and winning without working up a sweat. Forproof, just take a look at the welfare program for the wealthythat is the U.S. tax code.
Such victories aside, Republicans have always claimed thatit’s Democrats who play the class card. Whisper that the top 1percent pay the lowest tax rate in 80 years and you’retrafficking in class resentment. Help the working and middleclasses get health care and you’re a socialist.