The Paradise Papers, Economic Inequality, And The GOP Tax Cut Plan
By Jerome McDonnellThe Paradise Papers, Economic Inequality, And The GOP Tax Cut Plan
By Jerome McDonnellParadise Papers: Secrets of the Global Elite, an investigative report from The International
Consortium of Investigative Journalists, underlined
something most already knew: there is one set of tax rules for corporations and
rich individuals, and another for the rest of us.
The Republican tax cut legislation currently moving through Congress would give corporations a super-low tax rate. The stated goal of the tax cuts is to encourage corporations to bring money back to the U.S.
We’ll talk with Jeffrey Winters, director of Northwestern University’s Equality Development and Globalization Studies Program, about why, in this era of increasing inequality, we are using the tax code to primarily benefit the rich, rather than level the playing field. Winters is author of the book, Oligarchy.