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Comment by bryanlarsen

There are two major tax loopholes. Fixing them both would fix the deficit.

- billionaires. This isn't an easy fix, it would require a wealth tax or similar.

- the rest of the 1%. They are collectively far more wealthy than the billionaires, and the fix is actually quite simple: close the corporate pass-through tax loophole. Most of them are wealthy "small" business owners. The fix is simple, but difficult politically. There are a lot of people taking advantage of this loop hole, and they're quite influential and connected and.

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