TrumpCare is class warfare

If raising taxes on the rich is class warfare, what would you call gutting hundreds of billions of dollars in aid to the poor?

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Class warfare is bad, and you shouldn't engage in it. That's been a consistent talking point among Republicans for years.

Back in 2011, when President Obama tried to raise taxes on wealthy investors who pay extraordinarily low rates, GOP stalwarts from Newt Gingrich to Paul Ryan threw the "class warfare" epithet at the president, accusing him of dividing the country. In 2016, when the GOP presidential candidates were asked if taxes should be higher on millionaires, they scoffed. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called the suggestion — you guessed it — class warfare.

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.