NEW: Abdul El-Sayed Releases Fair Share Tax Agenda and Billionaire Tax Calculator
MICHIGAN – Today, on tax day, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed released his Fair Share Tax Agenda to finally create an American tax policy that puts working people over billionaires and big corporations. Abdul’s tax agenda focuses on the the following:
- Taxing billionaire wealth
- Ending corporate tax evasion and price gouging
- Rewarding companies that keep human jobs, rather than outsourcing to AI
For too long, our tax policies have allowed corporations and billionaires to get away with skirting the rules and evading their taxes. Meanwhile, the federal government forces working people to pay far more than their fair share while failing to provide for Americans’ basic needs, including healthcare and Social Security. That’s where Abdul’s Fair Share Tax Agenda comes in. At a time when nearly sixty percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, we can and must build an economy that works for everyone.
The Fair Share Tax Agenda could support fair pay for teachers, healthcare expansion, direct cash transfers, capping childcare costs, eliminating medical debt, and other domestic priorities. To demonstrate how the billionaire wealth tax and changes to our tax code would benefit the rest of us, Abdul’s campaign created an online calculator. Michiganders can use it to calculate just how much they could fund simply by taxing billionaire wealth.
“Politicians in Washington want to tell us what we cannot have or should not fight for. They demand to know how we’ll pay for things like healthcare, childcare, and education even though they never ask how we’ll afford another bomb or tank,” said Abdul. “Taxing the top tier of wealth in this country is one way to finally build an America that works for working people. The Fair Share Tax Agenda is about unrigging a system that has placed an undue burden on working Michiganders while giving corporations and billionaires a free pass.”
Read the full policy here and view the calculator here.
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