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Our Taxes Can Set Kids Up for Success
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The Estate Tax Should Help to Level the Playing Field. Instead it’s Letting the Rich Get Richer.
Amy Hanauer, March 2024 -
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State Rundown 3/20: Investments Over Cuts
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States Move to Tax the Top in 2024
Marco Guzman, March 2024 -
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Eliminating Income Taxes Would Be an Expensive Giveaway
Aidan Davis, March 2024
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Carl Davis
Research Director
The Geographic Distribution of Extreme Wealth in the U.S.
Excessive concentration of wealth runs counter to our national aspiration for genuine equality of opportunity, and it saps the vitality of our democracy through the consolidation of power and influence. Tax policy offers a powerful means of beginning to address our nation’s stark level of inequality, but current law is clearly falling short of its potential.