Democrats are among the doubters of Joe Biden's plan to tax the rich
28 Apr, 2021 01:47 AM
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Joe Biden's plan is expected to contain a near-doubling of the tax rate on capital gains and dividends for people earning more than US$1 million. Photo / AP
Joe Biden's plan is expected to contain a near-doubling of the tax rate on capital gains and dividends for people earning more than US$1 million. Photo / AP
Financial Times
By: James Politi, Lauren Fedor, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson and Michael Mackenzie
In April 2011 Barack Obama invoked the support of Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor, to try to persuade Congress to impose a minimum 30 per cent tax on Americans earning more than US$1 million ($1.3m)