To Preserve Democracy, Tax the Rich
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By enabling a few wealthy individuals to wield disproportionate influence, today’s global economy increasingly marginalizes and disenfranchises much of the world’s population. What we need is a progressive tax system that redistributes income from the rich to the poor without weakening socially beneficial incentives.