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I Asked ChatGPT What Would Happen If Billionaires Paid Taxes at the Same Rate as the Middle Class

Taxes can get you thinking about fairness. For instance, when I’m calculating deductions on my salary and watching a decent chunk go to Uncle Sam, I can’t help but wonder: What if the ultra-wealthy ...
Human Rights Watch

How Low Taxes Drove Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis and Squandered its Education Lead

Susikala was working as a daily wage earner at a flower garden in Hatton, a hilly area in central Sri Lanka, when in April 2022 the government defaulted on its debt. The default sent the economy into ...

Grim new tax needed to pay back $1tn deficit

There are fresh calls for the Federal government to introduce a controversial new tax to help pay back the $1 trillion in ...
The Conversation

After three days of talks, a fairer tax system is on the agenda. There’s no shortage of ideas

Stephen Bartos does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
The Conversation

Some taxes are inefficient at any level. Even modest reforms will help

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...