November 09, 2017
Trump’s Tax Plan Taunts the Dignity of Labor
If it passes, this plan would have our national tax burden resting overwhelmingly on income from the labor of working people.
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Most of us work for a living. We wait tables or write software. We teach kids or drive buses. We treat patients or lay block. Our income, just about all of it, comes from our work.
But some people — wealthy people — don’t depend on work for their living. They rely on their wealth. The stock they hold pays dividends. The bonds they own pay interest. The assets they sell bring capital gains.
Two different classes of Americans, two different sorts of income. Now which class should pay tax at a higher rate, those who work for a living or those who let their wealth do their work?
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Read the full article at the Dallas Morning News.
Originally in Dallas Morning News.
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