The progressive group Tax March announced on Wednesday the launch of a million_dollar campaign to push for an inflating taxes on rich individuals and corporations, as a number of prominent Democratic lawmakers have been offering proposals aimed at making the wealthy pay more taxes.

The group stated that it will spend more than a million dollar on ads to educate the public about taxing the wealthy more, and will also engage in efforts such as district office visits, rallies and town halls.

The group plans to focus its all it’s resources in states that are vital in the 2020 Democratic primary and the general election, such as Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and Colorado.

“The goal of the ‘Tax the Rich’ movement is to raise the visibility of this issue until it becomes impossible to consider yourself to be a progressive leader if you do not support taxing the rich,” Tax March executive director Maura Quint said.

The launch of the campaign came into light as numerous Democratic politicians have seeked for ways to make the wealthy pay more in taxes.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), A 2020 presidential candidate, has proposed a wealth tax. Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has made suggestions of taxing income above $10 million at a rate of 70 percent. And several of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have called for expanding the estate tax.

The latest light to increase taxes on the rich came Tuesday from Senate Finance Committee top member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), who said he plans to release a white paper on taxing the investment gains of wealthy individuals annually as opposed to when the investments are sold. The investment gains would also be taxed at the same rates as other types of income. Source > TheHill

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