Elizabeth Warren revives proposal for 2% annual tax on ultra-wealthy households
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Tobi Opeyemi Amure
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Elizabeth Warren is reviving her proposed "ultra-millionaire tax" — a 2% annual tax on household wealth above $50 million and 3% on wealth above $1 billion. The article argues that while most Americans pay taxes on earned income, the ultra-wealthy accumulate wealth through untaxed asset appreciation (stocks, real estate, private companies). Warren's proposal aims to close this gap by taxing wealth itself rather than just income, framing it as a fairness issue where two cents on the dollar is negligible for the wealthy but significant for funding public programs.
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bskyElizabeth Warren revives proposal for 2% annual tax on ultra-wealthy householdsbit.lyKey quotes
· 4 pulledTwo cents is the kind of number nobody argues about.
Stretch that same two cents across a fortune big enough to buy a midsize country, and it stops being pocket change. It turns into a fight.
Most Americans pay tax on what they earn, money that lands in a paycheck and gets taxed before it ever reaches the bank.
The richest Americans do not live that way. Their money sits in stock, real estate, and private companies, growing quietly for years.
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