The U.S. federal government provides two specific tax subsidies that contribute to wealth inequality: reduced tax rates on capital gains and dividends, and the exemption of capital gains from income tax upon the death of an investor.

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  How the Government Subsidizes Wealth Inequality

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• How the Government Subsidizes Wealth Inequality www.americanprogress.org Center for American Progress via serper

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• United States federal government entity
• capital gains concept