SubscribeThe widening gap between the rich and poor is largely the result of government policies, and the state should institute a more progressive tax code and invest more in education to help reverse the trend, UC Berkeley professors told lawmakers in Sacramento on Wednesday. Read the San Francisco Chronicle story.
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State action to close income gap urged
December 8, 2011:
Study finds significant non-union impacts for proposed tax on “Cadillac” health plans
February 18, 2010:
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education report that an excise tax on high-cost employer health insurance plans as proposed by the U.S. Senate would affect more non-union than union workers. Likewise, they say a majority of the savings from a reduction in the tax, as proposed by the White House and union leaders in January, would accrue to non-union workers.
