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How Rising Taxes For Wealthy Americans Will Impact Economic Inequality

KUOW | By Andy Hurst,
David Hyde
Published January 23, 2014 at 2:12 PM AKST
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A household earning more than $1 million will see their taxes rates rise on average by $41,000.

David Hyde talks with economist Dean Baker about why tax rates for wealthy Americans are going up and how that could impact economic disparity.
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