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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Romney’s Tax Plan Really Does Favor the Rich

Despite evidence to the contrary, there is a lingering view that Mitt Romney’s tax plan would primarily help middle-income households and not favor the rich...
January 30, 2012Roberton C. Williams
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Why Investors Pay Less Tax than the Rest of Us

After I wrote last week about Warren Buffett’s New York Times op-ed on the low tax rates paid by wealthy investors, Tax Policy Center visiting...
August 31, 2011Roberton C. Williams
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Was Buffett Right? Do Workers Pay More Tax than Their Bosses?

When Warren Buffett called for higher taxes on the wealthy in a New York Times op-ed last week, the billionaire investor argued that he and...
August 23, 2011Roberton C. Williams