Like you, perhaps, I was surprised and not quite sure what to make of the proposal from more than one presidential candidate to impose a wealth tax, not simply an income tax, on the super-rich.
Then it occurred to me that it’s really nothing new. Homeowners already pay a “wealth tax” in the form of property taxes, but it’s not a graduated tax paid only by the super-rich, as proposed by Elizabeth Warren and others.
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