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How American tax laws encourage inequality

  • Written by Anthony C. Infanti, Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh
People of color, women and the LGBTQ community are just some of the groups who often get slighted with tax reforms.Andrey_Popov/shutterstock.com

Talk of tax reform always seems to be in the air.

Last fall, Republicans in Congress hastily pushed through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, hailing it as “historic legislation” and “once-in-a-g...

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