“Tax the Rich Is Actually a Popular Bipartisan Stance,” Bloomberg Claims

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James Madison, as painted by Chester Harding. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Madison co-authored the Federalist Papers, which include a warning of the danger that a majority might unite against the rights of a minority.

A Bloomberg headline declares “Tax the Rich Is Actually a Popular Bipartisan Stance, a  Poll Shows.” The subheadline is “Swing-state voters also like tax-hikes on those earning $400,000 and more.”

This is such a gem of an example of so many things all wrapped up in one—media bias, hypocrisy, ignorance, lack of context.