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Elizabeth Warren: “The income tax is generally progressive with respect to the ordinary rich, but not the ultra-wealthy.”

On the recordApril 26, 2021
The income tax is generally progressive with respect to the ordinary rich, but not the ultra-wealthy.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren highlights the disparity in income tax progressivity between ordinary rich and ultra-wealthy individuals.

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