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States are on the front lines of fighting inequality

  • Written by Christopher Witko, Associate Director and Professor, School of Public Policy, Pennsylvania State University
States are on the front lines of fighting inequalityRally in support of raising the minimum wage in University City, Mo. AP Photo/Jeff Roberson

When Democrats regained control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., almost immediately took aim at America’s growing income inequality by recommending a 70 percent tax rate on income over US$10 million.

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