Tax Notes contributing editor and historian Joseph J. Thorndike discusses President Trump’s referral to “the forgotten man” and how the phrase connects to a conservative case for taxing the rich. 

Read Thorndike's article in Tax Notes, "The Too-Well-Remembered Man: A Conservative Case for Taxing the Rich."

For more coverage, read the following in Tax Notes:

• Bye-Bye Round Numbers, Hello Rate Tweaks for Rescored TCJA Bill
• Movement on Trump Tax Proposals Is Reconciliation Wild Card
• Moores' Counsel Says Case Signals Court Is Not Open to Novel Taxes

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This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.

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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige Jones
Showrunner: Jordan Parrish
Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes