07-02-2020 20:09 via sltrib.com

Michael Bloomberg: Fixing inequality is my top priority

Every Democrat running for president agrees that income inequality is one of the great problems of our time. And we all agree that the wealthy should pay more in taxes.But only one of us has actually raised taxes on the wealthy by persuading a Republican legislature to vote for them: Me.When I was elected mayor of New York City, seven weeks after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, we faced a budget crisis and a recession. I had a choice: slash budgets and conduct mass layoffs, which would especi
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