Democratic Senators Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Cory Booker of New Jersey have brought forward new tax plans that would cut income taxes for lower- and middle-income taxpayers and raise them for the highest-income taxpayers and corporations, prompting some to suggest that the Democratic Party is imitating key Republican talking points. Democrats' long-held ideology usually deters it from implementing measures like sweeping tax cuts, as it tends to prioritize the welfare state, which the