“the French public has signaled strong support for a 2% tax on the ultra-wealthy; and a proposed California ballot initiative would enact a one-time 5% tax on billionaires’ net worth.”…

…tax cut. In some cases a tax increase, while the ultra-rich get tens of thousands in tax cuts a year. Specifically:  An average household making less than $15,000 a year…

…(CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) shows that the bill worsens inequality, gives the ultra-rich a historic tax break, and makes working people worse off. Adding insult to injury,…

…their personal accounts so they are subject to the personal tax rates rather than the corporate tax code. Numerous, sophisticated econometric exist that conclude that lower taxes lead to greater…

…tax on investment, and that like proposed taxes on soda or existing taxes on liquor and gasoline the more you tax something the less people are inclined to expose themselves…

…income taxes, corproate income taxes and value-added taxes (which the U.S. does not have), as well as specialty taxes such as financial transaction taxes (which the U.S. does not have)….

…their overseas profits in tax havens with single-digit tax rates, while booking deductible expenses in high-tax countries. Under the new regime, they’d be able to keep up this tax avoidance…

…vast majority were receiving an enhanced premium tax credit. If the enhanced tax credits expire, many Marketplace enrollees will continue to qualify for a smaller tax credit. Others will lose…

…Tom Hungerford,Taxes and the Economy: An economic analysis of top tax rates since 1945 (CRS, Sept. 14, 2012). Advocates of lower tax rates argue that reduced rates would increase economic…

…huge amounts of revenue lost to federal tax loopholes known as “tax expenditures,” which include the home mortgage interest deduction and tax-free health premiums for employees. Proponents of rolling back…