That Democratic rhetoric about taxing the rich? It’s a con

Published December 11, 2017 5:01am ET



Democrats have asserted for years that the rich aren’t paying enough in taxes. In her Democratic National Convention speech in 2016, Hillary Clinton put it in the party’s characteristically way, saying “Wall Street, corporations, and the super-rich are going to start paying their fair share of taxes.”

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