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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (114598)6/3/2012 10:05:33 AM
From: mel221  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
>> What has progressiveness got to do with paying taxes and taxpayer rights.

Progressives generally support the collective bargaining for benefits for public workers. Those benefits are paid for by the taxpayers. The more the public workers are paid, the more the taxpayers have to pay.

It appears those benefits became excessive and the taxpayers have reacted.