Dem Rep. Jayapal: ‘Nothing Confiscatory’ About Ultra-Millionaire Tax
Thursday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) defended her proposed Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act, which would tax the wealthiest 100,000 households in the nation.
Thursday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) defended her proposed Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act, which would tax the wealthiest 100,000 households in the nation.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), along with Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Brendan Boyle (D-PA), unveiled a wealth tax proposal on Monday, which imposes a two percent tax on the net value of assets for the wealthiest people in America.
A video of a father confronting Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) about her plans to erase the bulk of student loan debt went viral on Thursday after he questioned the fairness of her proposal and added that “those of us that did the right thing get screwed.”
An analysis from the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Wharton Budget Model released this week found that Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) wealth tax would not raise as much as her campaign claims.
The Massachusetts GOP reacted to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) attributing her desire for a mass wealth tax to an “underlying social contract” and concluded that her campaign is built entirely upon “envy.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) campaign took its beef with the wealthy a step further, rolling out $25 “Billionaire Tears” mugs on the presidential hopeful’s campaign website.
Billionaires have managed to secure a position as Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) Public Enemy No. 1 and are featured in the presidential hopeful’s recent 60-second political ad titled, “Elizabeth Warren Stands Up to Billionaires.”
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban believes Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is being disingenuous, suggesting she is likely promoting her sweeping wealth tax proposals to divert attention from her own net worth, which is well into the millions.
Failed 2016 Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton issued a warning on Wednesday, asserting at the New York Times’ DealBook conference that both Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) and Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) plans to hike taxes on the ultra-wealthy would be “incredibly disruptive.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Thursday took a shot at Michael Bloomberg, who is reportedly preparing to file paperwork to run for president, particularly over his status as a billionaire.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) unveiled her highly anticipated Medicare for All plan on Friday, claiming she will pay for the multitrillion-dollar proposal by repurposing existing costs, increasing taxes on the wealthy, cutting defense spending, and providing a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Tuesday claimed that she does not have a “beef” with billionaires, despite repeatedly targeting the wealthy over the course of her political campaign.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has decried the ultra-wealthy’s influence in politics in the past, has received contributions from at least 30 billionaires over the course of her political career, the New York Post found.
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Presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is proposing a new “wealth tax” on Americans with more than $50 million in assets, along with a significant increase in funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in an effort to curb income and wealth inequality in America.