We are also not fixated on cutting taxes for the wealthy at the expense of the middle class. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Texas is home to the third-most unfair state and local tax system in the country, with middle-class and working families paying disproportionately higher rates than the wealthiest Texans. In New Jersey, we have a ways to go, but we’re fighting to make our taxes more fair. Read more
April 16, 2018
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