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Trump tax cuts worsen income inequality
Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects wealth shifting to very rich through 2021
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'What a difference a governor makes'
Pritzker, Lightfoot take office with ambitious progressive agendas as new highs beckon and a record low goes in the books
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Kelly Cassidy, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Marijuana Legalization, Lori Lightfoot, Toni Preckwinkle, Income Inequality, Gini Index, U.S. News & World Report, Illinois Youth Climate Strike, Greta Thunberg, Clean Energy Jobs Act
Wealth tax: It's not about screwing Scrooge
Like the fair tax, it’s about creating a more equitable taxation system to sustain society
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Ted CoxWealth Tax, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Ebenezer Scrooge, Larry Yando, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Gini Index, Robert Reich, Thomas Piketty, Ralph Martire, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, J.B. Pritzker, Good Jobs First, Gabriel Zucman
Why do we tolerate income inequality?
Harvard Business Review study has potential impact on ‘fair tax’ debate
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Harvard Business Review, Gini Index, Bernie Sanders, Income Inequality, U.S. Census Bureau, Illinois Tax Rate, Ralph Martire, Dan Proft, J.B. Pritzker, Steven Greenhouse
The Gini is out of the bottle
It’s time to take advanced metrics and apply them to economic issues that actually matter to working families
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Ted CoxEconomic Statistics, Gini Index, Advanced Metrics, Sabermetrics, Bill James, Corrado Gini, Unemployment Rate, Stock Index, NYSE, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Donald Trump, U.S. Census Bureau, Lauren Underwood, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Danny Davis, U.S. Gini Index, Illinois Gini Index, Allen Sanderson
Income inequality worsens across U.S.
But Illinois beats national averages for income, poverty, health care, with some surprising local findings
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