Nick Hanauer, critic of income inequality, calls proposed Washington wealth tax ‘impractical’
Hanauer’s criticism is notable given his support of the capital gains tax, which taxes profits over $262,000 made from the ...
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Washington State’s Wealth Tax Debate Is Heating Up
The Democratic Party may control the government in Washington state, but opinions are sharply divided regarding the potential ...
Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer rips Inslee wealth tax
Nick Hanauer, the progressive Seattle venture capitalist, torched Gov. Jay Inslee's proposed 1% wealth tax as impractical and ...
Inslee’s Last Tax Insult to Washington
The departing Governor now wants a wealth tax as his deficit balloons.
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Billionaire Democratic supporter calls Inslee’s wealth tax ‘boneheaded’
Gov. Jay Inslee’s proposal for a “wealth tax” is drawing sharp criticism from Seattle business leader, entrepreneur and ...
Opinion - The pitchforks are here: Populist rage and the rise of moral absolutism
As Hanauer pointed out, the stratification of wealth and inequality set the stage, and the numbers behind our current ...
Seattle’s era-defining ‘prosperity bomb’ is still going off
New data shows Seattle has both the frothiest economy in the nation — again — but also one of its largest-ever runs on food ...
Wealth tax proposal in Washington state reignites debate over taxes and tech talent migration
Nick Hanauer, critic of income inequality, calls proposed Washington wealth tax ‘impractical’ Do taxes that target wealthy ...
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The wealthiest 1% has taken $50 trillion from working Americans and redistributed it, a new study finds. Here's what that means.
"It's not a clear-cut case, but there is very strong evidence that that's the case." Or as Nick Hanauer, the host of "Pitchfork Economics," wrote: "I already earn about 1,000 times more per hour ...
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Want to grow the economy? Tax rich people like me.
When I was asked to join 17 other zillionaires in signing on to a letter supporting a modest wealth tax, I didn't hesitate for a nanosecond — not just because it is the right thing to do for the ...
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The pitchforks are here: Populist rage and the rise of moral absolutism
In 2014, billionaire Nick Hanauer warned in Politico that “The Pitchforks Are Coming … For Us Plutocrats.” He argued that extreme inequality inevitably leads to revolution, comparing it to ...