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Over the past 50 years, before the GOP went all in on fascism and isolationism, the most dramatic difference between Democrats and Republicans lurked in the driest of places: their tax policies. Democrats essentially wanted to tax the rich to help the middle class and working poor, while Republicans argued that helping the rich would eventually help everyone.