Anytime a media outlet receives confidential tax documents that can’t be obtained through legal means (like a Freedom of Information Act request), one needs to question who is responsible.
On Tuesday, ProPublica published the “secret IRS files” of America’s wealthiest men, including Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg, Elon Musk, Carl Icahn, Warren Buffett, and George Soros. The article has been rightly criticized for conflating “wealth” with “income” and trying to make it appear as though these billionaires are not just using tax loopholes to avoid paying an adequate amount of taxes, but also that they are not being taxed properly because increases in net worth aren’t taxed.
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