Congress should raise taxes on high earners to fund middle-class tax cuts

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Capital gains should face the same tax rates as work income

Large inheritances should be taxed more heavily than earned income

Countries should tax large fortunes annually, not only on sale or inheritance

Religious organizations should receive no tax exemptions denied to secular organizations

Public arts funding should disregard whether the work offends taxpayers

Governments should tax vacant homes to encourage renting or selling

Land value should be taxed more heavily than buildings and improvements

Failing large banks should enter bankruptcy rather than receive taxpayer bailouts

Blocking taxpayer-funded presidential advertisements without proving electoral intent exceeds federal judicial authority

Billionaire philanthropy is a substitute for paying fair taxes

Inheritance should be heavily taxed

Wealth taxes should only be implemented at the national level rather than by individual states

The Trump administration should suspend restrictions on tax-exempt diesel

Tax-exempt diesel access weakens incentives to increase fuel supply

Taxpayer-funded Trump advertisements strengthen incumbent Republicans in the midterms

Trump’s refusal to reimburse taxpayers establishes a precedent for presidents’ political advertising

Every student should receive a monthly allowance from the state

Crises always bring back big government in the economy

US welfare policy incentivizes having more children and should instead incentivize fewer

Health and education grants should be protected from last-minute budget cuts