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How America does, and does not, redistribute income
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For richer, for poorer
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Redistribution
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A hated tax but a fair one
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For richer, for poorer
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WASHINGTON, DC
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AMERICANS are not known for their love of income redistribution. Asked to rank, on a scale of one to ten, how important it is for democracies to reduce inequality, they say only six; Europeans say eight. Yet the country is hardly indifferent to who gets which slice of the economic pie. Three in five Americans say that income and wealth should be spread around more. The most potent charge laid against the unpopular Republican tax plan making its way through Congress is that it is a ...
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