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State Rundown 2/22: Some Top-Heavy Tax Cut Proposals are Getting the Chop
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The 'Low-Tax' Lie: States Hyped for Low Taxes Usually Only Low-Tax for the Rich
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IRS Commissioner, New GAO Report Highlight Importance of Proper IRS Funding
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State Rundown 2/14: Our Love Language is Taxes
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State Rundown 2/8: Flowers, Chocolates, and Tax Cuts for the Wealthy?
.ITEP Staff, February 2024
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Better Wyoming: Somehow, Some Way, Wyoming Property Tax Relief is Coming
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Common Good Iowa: Both Governor's, Senate Plans Worsen Tax Inequalities
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Oklahoma Policy Institute: Economic Projections for Asylum Seekers and New Immigrants in Oklahoma
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Audio: ITEP's Miles Trinidad Talks About Oregon's Upside-Down Tax Code
Expert's View
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Carl Davis
Research Director
The Geographic Distribution of Extreme Wealth in the U.S.
Excessive concentration of wealth runs counter to our national aspiration for genuine equality of opportunity, and it saps the vitality of our democracy through the consolidation of power and influence. Tax policy offers a powerful means of beginning to address our nation’s stark level of inequality, but current law is clearly falling short of its potential.