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You would have to double current income taxes to cover the deficit.

I already pay 50%, how much do you want?



> I already pay 50%, how much do you want?

Care to break that 50% down?

Because I assume you're including a lot of different things in there...


Regardless, undoing the Bush and Trump tax cuts that are the biggest part of why we have such a huge deficit in the first place—and which anyone who was paying attention knew would have that effect—would be the most obvious place to start.


Why should the deficit be fully covered?




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