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Making America’s Trumps Pay Their Fair Share

  • October 22, 2020
  • Ben Ritz

The explosive revelations that self-proclaimed billionaire Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes – a tiny fraction of what he paid the Chinese government through his secret bank account – in recent years have focused overdue public attention on U.S. tax laws that seem designed to protect wealthy Americans. With our national debt approaching the highest level in history, it is incumbent on federal policymakers to make sure that Trump and other wealthy Americans are paying their fair share of what it takes to run our country.

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