Huge Study Of 50 Years Of Tax Cuts For The Wealthy
By Grace Dean, Business Insider. -
Large tax cuts for the rich don't lead to economic growth and employment but instead cause higher income inequality, a new study that examined tax cuts over 50 years suggested. A recent [...]
Voters Pass A Tax On The Rich To Pay Teachers More
Marana, AZ - Prop 208, Invest in Ed, passed. A 3.5 percent tax increase will be applied to any individual making more than $250,000 a year or if a household makes more than $500,000 a year. [...]
Truth And Redistribution
By Darrick Hamilton & Naomi Zewde, YES Magazine. -
In a nutshell, our racial dilemma is grounded in a political, economic, and identity-based devaluing of Black lives that has persisted ever since the first enslaved African arrived in Jamestown [...]
The Basic Case For A Wealth Tax
By Bob Lord and Lee Price, Inequality.org. -
Changes in tax policy since 1980 have been driving U.S. inequality to levels not seen since the original Gilded Age. Reversing that trajectory — and restoring a more egalitarian society — will [...]
A Wealth Tax Might Be Easier to Implement than You Think
By Steve Wamhoff, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy -
A direct federal tax on wealth, as described in a January report from ITEP and proposed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, could raise substantial revenue to make public investments, curb rising [...]