For the first time in the history of the United States, billionaires had a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans.

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    6 months ago

    Billionaires can liquidate assets to pay taxes as needed — particularly income taxes, where that’s easy.

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      6 months ago

      If you took half of all the billionaires wealth in the US it would be worth 1 year of IRS tax revenue. Or two year’s of our deficit. Then what?

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        The point is requiring them to pay a higher percentage because they’ve benefitted more from the way society is put together. Not to end all other taxation.