Wealth Tax Articles

Republican Split on Reconciliation 2.0: Earlier this month, President Trump ruled out a second budget reconciliation bill after last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, P.L. 119-21). Some congressional Republicans like Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) and Sen. John...

By Patricia M. Soldano President Family Enterprise USAReconciliation 2.0, State Wealth Taxes ‘In Play’ for 2026 Legislative Sessions; Monitoring is Key to Winning   The main sport in Washington, D.C., is predicting what new tax and economic proposals will gain...

DHS Faces Shutdown as Negotiations Continue: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will shut down on Feb. 14 after attempts to secure a funding agreement this week failed. Democrats maintain that DHS—particularly U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and...

Coverage of wealth taxes this week frames California’s wealth tax push as both a healthcare-funding response and a broader ideological fight over causes and consequences-from claims that inflation and long-run dollar devaluation fuel resentment toward billionaires to...