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Alternative Minimum Tax punishes autonomous states

Daniel J.H. Greenwood is a professor of corporate law and finance at Hofstra Law School. Taxes are due next week, and once again we'll hear stories asserting that the reason the alternative minimum tax hits so many middle-class people, especially in high school-tax areas like Long Island, is because it isn't indexed for inflation. That's just not true. The AMT was originally intended to catch rich...

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