In response to a four-part plan to increase welfare, government health insurance, housing subsidies, and study how progressive taxes are in the state, a state senator on the Joint Legislative Commission on Poverty Reduction and Economic Recovery said:
We can take the existing pie and redistribute it with [an Earned Income Tax Credit]. Some people pay in more taxes and then we leave some more on the table for those at the lower end. But that doesn?t expand the pie. …
I don?t really see a clear proposal to increase the economic pie to be shared.
Hint 1: Not a Republican.
Hint 2: A former socialist
Hint 3: The senator supports collective bargaining for public employees, government-run health care for children, the earned income tax credit, and other redistribution schemes.
Answer: Highlight for answer Sen. Doug Berger
