The Democrats and tax reform

The Democrats and tax reform: The Democrats displayed discipline during the Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare. Not only did no Democrat vote for the repeal, but they exercised discipline in their messaging on the i...

There are four reasons the Democrats lost in 2010 and none of them have to do with defending Obamacare. 1. Not enough attention was paid to redistricting by the Dems while the GOP lived by it. 2. College students who worked for Obama in 2008 could not find jobs. 3. Black voters who came out in droves could not be found (which is why Hillary lost) 4. Susan B. Anthony fund lied about abortion in the ACA and the Dems did not fight back.

Making the point that tax reform should raise money is true, but would not be popular.  What we should harp on is that when you lower tax rates for CEOs and investors, they have more of an incentive to cut jobs, pay and benefits and pocket that money for themselves.  When the IRS gets more of it, they have less incentive to go after their workers.

As far as demands, finding a way to have most families not file while still getting tax benefits like the child tax credit through their employer with a $1000 per month per child credit paid with wages.