In one, lawmakers are taxing the rich. In the other, they're rushing the rich a free pass at tax time.
Canada raised its capital gains tax inclusion rate, sparking outrage from the investing class, who warned of economic disaster. The data shows that their histrionics were groundless.
There are now 813 billionaires with $5.7 trillion in wealth, making the ten-figure club even more powerful economically and politically. We need a progressive taxation system to reverse inequality.
Obama’s former acting Solicitor General and a senator-turned-lobbyist are helping a dark money group pressure the high court.
In 2022 the voters in Massachusetts enacted a special tax on millionaires. During that campaign and after, the supporters of millionaires have flooded airwaves with storied of "rich people" fleeing Massachusetts.
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