It’s Time to Slap America’s Billionaires With a 100% Tax Bracket

June 27, 2023, 8:45 AM UTC

The top US federal tax bracket for 2023 is 37%. If that seems high, the top rate in 2023 in Norway is 55.8%. But that’s nothing compared to the top US rate in 1944: a whopping 94%, which was applied on all income over $200,000.

That’s equivalent to $3.45 million in 2023 income. Such a rate would raise a cry so loud that even I can’t advocate for it. So let’s compromise by keeping the current rate structure but adding one at the very top: a 100% federal income tax and capital gains rate on all income over $1 billion, ...

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