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Abigail Disney will testify at Sen. Elizabeth Warren s hearing next week on the US tax system.
This comes after billionaire Leon Cooperman rejected Warren s invite, calling it disingenuous.
Disney has advocated for a wealth tax and was among a group of 19 ultrawealthy Americans calling for its support.
After billionaire Leon Cooperman rejected Sen. Elizabeth Warren s invitation to testify on her proposed wealth tax, philanthropist Abigail Disney accepted the opportunity to speak about the tax system.
Warren is holding a hearing next week, called Creating Opportunity Through a Fairer Tax System, where she will discuss her wealth tax proposal, which would enact additional taxes on households with net worths of $50 million and above. Warren invited Cooperman one of her most vocal critics to testify, but he rejected the invitation, calling it self-serving and disingenuous.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren has invited billionaire and wealth tax critic Leon Cooperman to testify at a hearing.
Cooperman has been an outspoken critic of Warren and her wealth tax proposals.
The hearing, which is for the Senate Finance subcommittee Warren chairs, will examine taxes.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has extended an invitation to one of her most vocal critics to debate her marquee policy, the wealth tax, on Capitol Hill.
On Monday, Warren invited billionaire Leon Cooperman to testify at a hearing for the Senate Finance Committee s Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth, which Warren chairs, first reported by CNBC. The hearing s topic: Creating Opportunity Through a Fairer Tax System.
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