According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), here are the seven worst offenders when we’re talking about the working-age population. Specifically, these are the seven states where inequality increases to the greatest degree from pre-state-tax income to post-state-tax incomes, as calculated by ITEP’s formula. Read more
August 16, 2017
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