The real reason Warren Buffett should pay higher taxes
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Distribution of wealth demonized, but research shows it works.
For most of the past six decades, the U.S. government has taken a lenient approach toward taxing financial wealth. Dividends from stocks and gains on long-term investments are currently taxed at 15 percent, compared with rates on ordinary income as high as 35 percent. The differential treatment has
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