Tax Billionaires, Save Lives: California’s Proposition 40 Is Met With a Heap of Meritless Objections
A one-time tax on the super wealthy is an important step toward greater equality.
Several federal agencies and several state attorneys general are alleging that banks and other companies that facilitate the $400 billion a year municipal bond market have colluded for years in an illegal price-fixing scheme that has netted them massive fees.
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