Yale Political Courses | Prof Shapiro | 7. Shifting Goalposts: The Anti-Tax Movement
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Yale Political Courses | Prof Shapiro | 7. Shifting Goalposts: The Anti-Tax Movement
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Why was the estate tax, which is paid by only the wealthiest two percent of Americans, repealed in 2001 with broad bipartisan support? Prof. Shapiro unravels this puzzle in this lecture by going over the origins of the anti-tax movement, the logic of referendum politics, and 1994 as a pivot point. He then hones in on the estate tax repeal as a case study, discusses tax cuts and the Republican coalition and how far the goalposts have shifted for today's U.S. tax politics.
0:00 The Pledge
2:54 Agenda
9:47 California Proposition 13
16:54 The AntiTax movement
17:56 Brexit
21:09 Referendums
25:38 Americans for Tax reforms
27:51 Newt Gingrich
29:07 Contact with America
29:43 Sweep of American History
31:14 AntiTax Movement
32:33 The Death Tax
35:08 Budget Reconciliation
37:25 Budget Scoring
42:32 How it was done
45:20 Flan Blethyn
54:34 Organized Labor
55:36 Nonprofit Groups
56:11 Insurance Industry
56:57 Liberal Democrats
57:26 Rates vs Threshold
58:42 Farmers vs Small Business