Seeking Higher Taxes on Hedge Funds

Senator Carl Levin leads movement in Congress that would have hedge funds pay higher taxes.

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As an exercise in the politics of bill labeling, the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act stands right up there alongside No Child Left Behind and the Patriot Act. Senator Carl Levin, the influential Michigan Democrat who is sponsoring the proposed law, seems to have the rhetoric in his favor.

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