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[https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/tax-policy-history-by-for-1-percent/ by Julia Ott 18/4/17 DISSENT] | [https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/tax-policy-history-by-for-1-percent/ by Julia Ott 18/4/17 DISSENT] | ||
Last Saturday, tens of thousands of protesters across the country joined the Tax March, although most realized Trump won’t divulge anything about his taxes unless Congress or the courts take action. So we may never know the truth about Trump’s income and charitable contributions, about the conflicts of interest and the “emoluments” from foreign powers. | Last Saturday, tens of thousands of protesters across the country joined the Tax March, although most realized Trump won’t divulge anything about his taxes unless Congress or the courts take action. So we may never know the truth about Trump’s income and charitable contributions, about the conflicts of interest and the “emoluments” from foreign powers. | ||
=====The Income Gap Began To Narrow Under Obama===== | |||
[https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-income-gap-began-to-narrow-under-obama/ by Ben Casselman 26/9/16 FiveThirtyEight] | |||
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump don’t agree on much. But there’s one theme that’s central to both of their campaigns: The U.S. economy too often benefits the powerful few over the struggling many. Trump has pledged to be the “voice” of the masses fighting against a “rigged” system. Clinton, though less fiery in her rhetoric than either Trump or Bernie Sanders, her former Democratic rival, has pledged to make the “super-rich” start paying “their fair share.” As I wrote last month, the 2016 election has marked a distinct shift in the political message of both parties, away from promises to grow the economic pie and toward discussions of how to divide it up more fairly. | |||
