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Rich Americans pay only about 2 percent on inherited fortunes, “less than one-seventh the average tax rate on income from work and savings.”

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The White House is proposing substantial increases in personal income tax rates for those earning about a half-million dollars and higher tax rates on large corporations. Republicans are aghast.

On Tax Day, there’s more than one elephant in the room, and they’re all in mansions.

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Congress should immediately pass the Wall Street Tax Act,(A Financial Transaction Tax - FTT), which would tax the sort of high-speed trading that has turned the financial sector into a casino at the expense of our communities.

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Biden has gone on record to suggest that he would be open to changes in Social Security which might result in lower payments for some. Biden has also considered increasing the age of retirement as a way to keep the Social Security system solvent.