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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
Rally 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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