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9/28/2020
NYT Reports Trump's Leaked Tax Returns
The report, based on Trump's leaked tax records, indicates that he routinely used business losses to avoid taxes, but also has significant mortgage debts due in the near future.
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SOURCE: Made By History at The Washington Post
9/29/2020
When the Privileged Don’t Pay their Fair Share in Taxes, it Can Spark Revolution
by Christine Adams
The unfairness of the tax system, especially as the French government faced bankruptcy in the late 1780s, was one of the factors that triggered revolution in 1789.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
8/3/2020
Stop Worrying about Protecting ‘Taxpayers.’ That Isn’t the Government’s Job.
by Lawrence B. Glickman
"Taxpayerism has perverted our political culture by denying the existence of a common good — or, perhaps, more accurately, by falsely defining that good, and even freedom itself, as low taxes for the rich and for corporations."
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12/1/2019
A Wealth Tax? Two Framers Weigh In
by Ray Raphael
Wealth taxes are on the current political table and hotly debated. All taxation was on the framers’ table as they considered a new constitution. What would they make of the measures we are considering now?
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SOURCE: Washigton Post
5/7/19
A century-old feud between millionaires is now key to getting Trump’s tax returns
The law at issue in the strife over Trump’s taxes arose from a bitter dispute between Mellon and Sen. James Couzens (R-Mich.), a deep-pocketed adversary on Capitol Hill, over the lawmaker’s investigation of the IRS.
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SOURCE: Epoch Times
4/29/19
Medieval Historian: Low Taxes Work
Ronald Reagan was a fan of Ibn Khaldun.
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SOURCE: Bloomberg
4/20/19
Trump’s Taxes Are Fair Game. Just Ask Warren Harding.
by Stephen Mihm
The Teapot Dome corruption scandal resulted in a 1924 law that gives the House Ways and Means Committee authority to demand returns.
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7/29/18
Let’s Tax the Rich
by Lawrence Wittner
The public thinks they’re taxed too little and history shows the economy benefits when taxes are higher.
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SOURCE: Politico
6-26-18
U.S. cruises toward record-breaking debt on Trump's watch
Congress’ recent tax and spending laws — along with ballooning costs of government programs have jacked up federal spending in President Donald Trump’s first term.
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3/25/18
Don't Like Paying Taxes? It's an American Tradition.
by Suzy Evans
In the 1790s even George Washington faced a tax rebellion. He put it down personally at the head of an army.
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SOURCE: Dissent Magazine
4-18-17
How Tax Policy Created the 1%
by Julia Ott
The Revenue Act of 1921 introduced a preferential or reduced tax rate on income from capital gains into the U.S. tax code, in a reversal of how policymakers had thought about different forms of income for several decades.
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SOURCE: NYT
4-29-17
When Congress Made Taxes Fairer
by Bill Bradley
With President Trump now talking about overhauling the tax code, it’s worth reflecting on the last time Congress revamped the system: the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
4-25-17
Trump just promised the biggest tax cut in history
Here’s how big it would have to be.
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SOURCE: Esquire
4-14-17
All the Presidents' Taxes
by Kevin M. Kruse
As you file your taxes this week—and as the president talks up tax reform—get riled up all over again about his refusal to release his returns with a brief history of this now-discarded presidential tradition.
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11-6-16
Trump’s Not the Only Rich Guy Who Got Out of Paying Taxes
by Evan Faulkenbury
So did John D. Rockefeller III.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
8-8-16
Is the U.S. Due for Radically Raising Taxes for the Rich?
by Alana Semuels
That’s what has usually happened whenever a large proportion of Americans have been upset with the distribution of their country’s wealth.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
5-10-16
Are we ready to raise taxes on the rich?
by Kenneth Scheme and David Stasavage
History says no.
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SOURCE: Greek Reporter
2-25-15
German Historian: Rich Greeks Evade Taxes Since 1830
Heinz Richter says “The political culture in Greece differs from the rest of Western Europe because it is based on clientelism."
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4-10-14
Americans Turned Against Taxes Because Taxes Were Unfair (Interview)
by Joshua Mound
How Woody Allen helped ignite the revolt against taxes.
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SOURCE: New York Times
2-4-14
How L.B.J. Pushed Through Kennedy’s Tax Cut
by Bruce Bartlett
It wasn't just the Civil Rights Act LBJ pushed through in the aftermath of Kennedy's 1963 assassination.
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