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The Billionaire Tax Debate

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About 800 Americans holding roughly $5.5 trillion set the scale before any proposal comes up, then the 16th Amendment from 1913 gets cited as the reason income taxes dodged a fight wealth taxes still face. ProPublica reports Bezos paid $0 in tax in 2007 and 2011, and Musk paid $0 in 2018.

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