Entitlements Widen Wealth Gap

Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
What should be done about income inequality? That basic question underlies the arguments hashed out in the supercommittee and promises to be a central issue in the presidential campaign.Supercommittee Democrats argue that income inequality has been increasing and can be at least partially reversed by higher tax rates on high earners. They refused to agree on any deal that didn't include such tax increases.Supercommittee Republicans offered a plan to eliminate tax preferences and reduce tax rates, as in the 1986 bipartisan tax reform. They argued that high tax rates would squelch economic...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/11/27/entitlements_widen_wealth_gap_268080.html

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