Elizabeth Warren

Even Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is skeptical about the viability of Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax to pay for trillions of dollars in government programs and address income inequality.

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Moderate Democrats in Congress are crafting viable alternatives to Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax, amid increasing concerns that her soak-the-rich strategy won’t pass even if the party captures both chambers of Congress in 2020.

Senator Elizabeth Warren’s proposed wealth tax could be a gift to an industry she has accused of looting Americans — private equity.

With two of the leading presidential candidates competing to promote sweeping tax hikes on the ultra-wealthy, two other Democrats are advancing a more modest surtax on high incomes that supporters say has a better chance of actually becoming law.

The Democratic presidential hopeful rolled out a wide-ranging menu to fund her multi-trillion-dollar Medicare for All plan, a defining moment that fleshes out her vision to remake one-fifth of the U.S. economy.

The levy on fortunes over $50 million would also be slated to pay for her child-care plan, cancelling student debt and more.

13 Democratic senators want more country-by-country information from companies.

Businesses would have to pay a tax based on the amount they spent to lobby the government.

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