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Sanders Tax Plan Harder On Millionaires Than Billionaires

So mere millionaires will find themselves facing a real dilemma.  They can accumulate at a favorable rate, but someday they figure they will have to liquidate.  You will find that a lot of people end up borrowing from their closely held corporations, which as long as low interest rates persist and the formalities are observed will work, kind of.  And of course, you can have the C corporation buy a corporate retreat and a plane if you are really getting up there, but there are limits to that sort of stuff.

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Tax Foundation Model Favoring Cruz Doubted By Many Economists

Tax Foundation Model Favoring Cruz Doubted By Many Economists

Historical data on labor participation rates and average hours worked compared to tax rates indicate little relationship with either top marginal rates or average marginal rates on labor income. Relationships between tax rates and savings appear positively correlated (that is, lower savings are consistent with lower, not higher, tax rates), although this relationship may not be causal. Similarly, during historical periods, slower growth periods have generally been associated with lower, not higher, tax rates.

Claims that the cost of tax reductions are significantly reduced by feedback effects do not appear to be justified by the evidence

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.