Elizabeth Warren
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Elizabeth Ann Warren is an American attorney, academic, and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Massachusetts since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been a prominent advocate for consumer protection, economic equality, and corporate regulation. Warren gained national recognition for her work in establishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and has focused on issues such as student debt relief and healthcare reform during her tenure in the Senate.
We can't rebuild an economy that works for everyone without empowering workers and giving them a voice to secure the better wages, benefits, and working conditions they deserve.
We will increase our leverage so that we can achieve more for American workers.
That is because, year after year, lobbyists and members of Congress have worked together to hollow out the tax code.
The support provided by the American Rescue Plan was unambiguously critical to preserving the health of the U.S. economy, in addition to saving lives.
So, Secretary Yellen, I want to ask about who our tax code is structured to benefit--Jeff Bezos, or our Massachusetts public school teacher?
If we continue to focus on the income tax, will Jeff Bezos ever pay a proportionate amount of his wealth as the State of Massachusetts public school teacher?
The easiest, most obvious solution to this system is instituting a wealth tax.
Last week, ProPublica published an investigation into some of the wealthiest American tax returns showing that year after year, multibillionaires paid basically no Federal income taxes.
I think what you are saying is, the only way we are ever going to get a fair tax rate from Jeff Bezos is if we tax something other than income.





