Tax Increases Go From Taboo to Trendy, Even for Some Republicans

Roughly a year after Washington rallied around tax cuts, national Democrats and even some moderate Republican governors are openly pushing for new or higher taxes.

Some 2020 presidential contenders like Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are publicly calling for massive tax increases on the rich with seemingly little blow-back from Democrats. Republican governors in Vermont and Massachusetts have proposed tax increases in their budgets, and GOP-controlled Indiana is joining the ranks of many other states mulling new taxes over legalized sports betting and online marketplaces. Seven states are imposing taxes on recreational marijuana sales, yet another relatively ...