When the county implemented a penny-per-ounce tax on both sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened drinks — purchases of the taxed beverages decreased by 21%, even after an adjustment for cross-border shopping.
"It's simple. The majority of Americans believe that we should tax the rich."
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Lawrence O’Donnell looks at Pete Buttigieg’s strange comments in New Hampshire today about Democrats and deficits
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have proposed wealth taxes on the biggest fortunes in America. The White House and lots of billionaires are attacking them for it. But guess what: You'll be surprised who supports it.
How changes to California’s Proposition 13 could reduce inequality.
Highly stylized output of models that assume supply-constraints on growth are the norm, and which are presented as effects on “growth” and “jobs” with no further context are notably unuseful, and often actively misleading in today’s policy debates.
Policymakers should reconsider how the tax code treats the most well-off. Here is a closer look.
The deeply detailed proposal includes no new taxes on the middle class. It cuts health care costs and finds other revenues, saving ordinary Americans $11 trillion in premiums and deductibles
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