If you ask Elizabeth Warren how she plans to get her wealth tax past Mitch McConnell and the Senate, she will say that the tax polls well even with Republicans, so Mitch will have no choice but to acquiesce. Is that realistic?
No, because it views the tax in isolation, not the real world. The GOP is bound to fight the tax because its wealthy donors will demand it. They will make the case to their less affluent voters by saying that the money is being raised for programs that will primarily benefit lazy minorities who want cuts in line. And that, my friends, will be that.