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    "with a billionaire tax set to be included on its November ballot.",
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  "textContent": "10:00 AM\n\n\n**If You Can Keep It: What the wealth gap means for Democracy**\n\n\n\n\n\nDemocratic New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.\nStephanie Keith/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichelle Harven\n\n\nA growing number of states are looking at implementing a wealth tax to fund social services.\n\nCalifornia is among them, with a billionaire tax set to be included on its November ballot. And this month, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, and Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced a proposed tax on luxury second homes in the city. In March, Washington passed its first ever income tax – which has already been met with a legal challenge.\n\nAll this comes as the wealth gap in the U.S. grows to its widest point in three decades – and only looks set to keep increasing. In this installment of “If You Can Keep It,” we look at how tax codes have contributed to a growing inequality in the country, how to fix it, and what this wealth gap means for the health of our democracy.\n\n\n\n\n\nGuests\n\nRay Madoff\nprofessor, Boston College Law School; author, \"The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy\"\n\nKyle Pomerleau\nsenior fellow, American Enterprise Institute\n\nMorris Pearl\nchair, Patriotic Millionaires; former managing director, BlackRock; co-author, \"Tax the Rich!\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource\n\n\n",
  "title": "If You Can Keep It: What the wealth gap means for democracy",
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