Non-profit investigative journalism site ProPublica has obtained mountains of tax information, including data on the wealthiest 25 individuals in the United States. The claim promoted…
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Poor math skills lead to popular social media memes. “Jeff Bezos could give each American $1 million and still have money left over.” That’s not…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) has proposed a “wealth tax” on individuals with wealth valued at more than $50 million. After $1 billion in wealth, the…
The marginal and effective U.S. income tax rates mentioned in my 2011 post The 90 Percent Tax Myth have been supported by research conducted by Thomas Piketty…
Researchers at the University of Washington, asked by Seattle to study the increase in the city’s minimum wage, have some difficult news for the city…
The United States’ federal budget spends a lot of money: between $3.5 and $4.0 trillion annually. How much do citizens of the United States earn…
My wife and I have been in the top ten percent of household incomes off and on for a few years. We’ve even made it,…
The narrative is set, and as a rhetorician, I appreciate the value of a good story in shaping public debate. The rich are getting richer,…
One of the paradoxes progressives use to challenge libertarian ideals and conservative tax policies is that the wealthiest communities and cities have some of the…