Democrats bet taxing the rich is back in vogue

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Democrats hope to seize populist momentum in 2020 with an economic agenda in their wheelhouse: Raising taxes on the wealthy.

With new polling showing support for taxes on high earners and the relative unpopularity of the 2017 GOP tax overhaul, candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination are competing with each other on this populist issue.

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