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Ken Dayenu

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5. I agree with the video

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 03:17 PM

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The video says essentially what I said, but doesn't make the distinction between taxing wages and investment income, which I think is an important distinction. That CEO making $20M is already paying a 38% marginal tax rate. The billionaire that owns the company is paying 24% if anything at all. The employee of the company that is making $200K is paying 33% and rises to 35% at $250K.

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