Who's Left To Tax? Grappling With A Dwindling Shareholder Tax Base

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : This shift has important implications for understanding who wins and who loses from changes to US corporate tax policy such as cuts in corporate tax rates and buyback tax hikes.
55% : Or phrasing the question differently -- how much is a corporate tax cut really "America First"?And calculating the proportion of foreign owners of publicly traded stock helps both analysts and policymakers evaluate the impact of certain policies like the buyback excise tax, since only publicly-traded companies are subject to that tax.
47% : Foreign investors, retirement accounts, and other tax-exempt entities now dominate US stock ownership.
46% : Each of the above figures -- total stock ownership and just the publicly traded portion -- is important for analyzing different aspects of corporate tax policy.
46% : Again, tax policy has played a role: Congress has over the past few decades repeatedly increased the amounts that taxpayers can contribute to tax-deferred retirement plans.
45% : Widening the base of corporate earnings that are taxed and/or increasing tax rates on those profits, at either the corporate or shareholder level, is the most sensible path forward.

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