The Lever - CHEAT SHEET: How To Tax The Rich

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Benjamin Franklin famously said, “Nothing is certain except death and taxes.” The founding father would have been wise to add a caveat: For the ultrawealthy, taxes are far from a certainty. And with the masses having recently endured the rigmarole of filing their taxes by Monday’s deadline — which included contending with bureaucratic backlogs that could delay refunds — there have been renewed calls to “tax the rich.” This week, we’re tackling the unfairness of our tax system: who is and isn’t paying up, how legal loopholes are leading to tax giveaways, and why more isn’t being done to hold accountable those who can and should be paying the most.

Read all about it in this week’s Cheat Sheet, exclusively for supporting subscribers.

Takeaways Include:

• The tax police are coming for you — if you are poor.
• Manchin selectively “targets different people” with his tax policies.
• The case for ending a giant tax giveaway for private equity barons.

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