taxing the rich

Democrats In Love With Big Tax Hikes Might Do Well To Remember Walter Mondale

When I heard that Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden was proposing to raise taxes by $3.2 trillion over 10 years, I flashed back to Walter...

December 9, 2019Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Are US Billionaires Really Paying A Lower Tax Rate Than Working People? Probably Not.

Economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman of the University of California at Berkeley have a new book that has generated an enormous amount of attention...

October 11, 2019Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

How Should We Tax The Rich

Assume, for the sake of argument, you believe the wealthiest Americans are undertaxed. And you are desperately seeking new revenue. What would you do?

September 10, 2019Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Warren’s Wealth Tax Revenue May Not Meet Expectations

Presidential hopeful and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has proposed a tax on wealth that would make ultra-millionaires pay 2 cents! Yep, that is what she...

August 5, 2019Janet Holtzblatt

: TaxVox

Four Ways To Tell When A Tax Proposal Is Serious

With the new Congress well into its legislative season and many Democratic presidential hopefuls in full campaign mode, policy ideas are flying fast and furious...

April 11, 2019Howard Gleckman