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Bob Casey Jr.: “From 2017 to 2020, there are almost a thousand Americans…”

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‘Our System Favors Those With Very Large Incomes’: Bob Casey Demands Taxing Reform

Published November 10, 2023 | Video Starts at 03:16

Not only do we have a problem when wealthy taxpayers pay too little in taxes, sometimes they don't even bother to file a tax return at all. From 2017 to 2020, there are almost a thousand Americans with incomes over a million dollars who did not file their taxes at all. Didn't file anything. These taxpayers owed over $34 billion in tax penalties and interest as of May of 2023. If we collected taxes. (03:16–03:27)

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Asserts that nearly 1,000 millionaires did not file taxes from 2017 to 2020.

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“Over roughly the last 40 years, our tax system over and over again intentionally favors those with very large incomes and often very large…”
‘Our System Favors Those With Very Large Incomes’: Bob Casey Demands Taxing Reform | Uploaded November 10, 2023 | 00:15-00:35
“Between 2020 and 22, just those years, corporate profits rose 75% five times, five times as fast as inflation.”
‘Our System Favors Those With Very Large Incomes’: Bob Casey Demands Taxing Reform | Uploaded November 10, 2023 | 00:36-00:49
“The report shows that the average middle class family in Pennsylvania was forced to pay an extra 3200 bucks in 21 and more than $3500 in…”
‘Our System Favors Those With Very Large Incomes’: Bob Casey Demands Taxing Reform | Uploaded November 10, 2023 | 01:02-01:18
“These same companies and their shareholders were given what I would argue were obscene tax breaks in 2017 through the bill.”
‘Our System Favors Those With Very Large Incomes’: Bob Casey Demands Taxing Reform | Uploaded November 10, 2023 | 01:38-01:48
“These taxpayers owed over $34 billion in tax penalties and interest as of May of 2023.”
‘Our System Favors Those With Very Large Incomes’: Bob Casey Demands Taxing Reform | Uploaded November 10, 2023 | 03:27-03:37
“If we collected those taxes, we could give $450 on average to every child in America.”
‘Our System Favors Those With Very Large Incomes’: Bob Casey Demands Taxing Reform | Uploaded November 10, 2023 | 03:38-03:48