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Cynthia McKinney shares a 67% similarity with your beliefs on Taxes and Budget
I support an increase in taxes for the wealthiest Americans
"I have accepted as the platform of the Power to the People Campaign, the 10-Point Draft Manifesto of the Reconstruction Movement...Among its many specific public policy planks, the Draft Manifesto calls for repealing the Bush tax cuts, and making corporations and the rich pay their fair share of taxes."
Adopted the Progressive Caucus' "American People's Dividend" that reads: "President Bush argues that upper income people pay a larger share of the taxes, therefore they should get a larger tax cut. We disagree. These people have significantly benefited from the economic boom of the 1990s, while those in the bottom range of incomes have received little benefit."
I am neutral on tax cuts for middle-class families
[McKinney] believes that tax relief must flow to those who need it the most, the working class and people with limited incomes. [She] received 100 percent approval rating from Citizens for Tax Justice, as a champion of progressive and fair taxation.
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I support a flat tax system across income levels
[McKinney] believes that tax relief must flow to those who need it the most, the working class and people with limited incomes. [She] received 100 percent approval rating from Citizens for Tax Justice, as a champion of progressive and fair taxation.
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