everything rely on dividends, for which they are taxed one half the rate of everyone else. so this tax penalty would not harm the sinister rich that elizabeth warren bashes while depending on their donations. no, it would harm doctors, lawyers, software programmers, small business owners, people who are stuck working in america's most expensive cities who are paying off most of their student loans. they are the ones who have to pay pull freight for health care, child care, tuition. they don't qualify for any program. these are the people paying for everything and getting shafted. "the new york times" call these people the affluent. but in fact, most of them are part of the middle-class bit in the middle class that's declining as it gets more and m. every dime extracted from them is a dime that doesn't have to come from the democratic party's actual base, the ultra-wealthy. in many cases, inherited wealth