Sen. Max Backus (D) Montana: "This is an income shift. Too often, much of late, the last couple three years the mal-distribution of income in America is gone up way too much, the wealthy are getting way, way too wealthy, and the middle income class is left behind. Wages have not kept up with increased income of the highest income in America. This legislation will have the effect of addressing that mal-distribution of income in America."
Howard Dean, Chairman DNC: "The question is, in a democracy, where does the right balance between those at the top who are at 20% of the people do most of the consumer spending and so forth and so on, and those at the bottom? I think it — when it gets out of whack as it did in the 20's and it has now, you need to do some redistribution. This is a form of redistribution."
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