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Our #DayOneAgenda series continues today with two good ones. prospect.org/day-one-agenda
First, @nataliesurely explains how two statutory provisions could allow the government to seize patents from excessively priced drugs and distribute them to competitors offering a fairer price prospect.org/day-one-agenda…
@nataliesurely Under US Code Section 1498 (eminent domain for patents) and a provision of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 called march-in rights, we could lower drug prices and set an example for the entire market prospect.org/day-one-agenda…
@nataliesurely Then, @vicfleischer of UC-Irvine writes about what the next president could do on tax policy, and there's a long list. prospect.org/day-one-agenda…
@nataliesurely @vicfleischer A new IRS could: reinterpret the opportunity zones and international taxation provisions of the Trump tax cuts to prevent abuse, end tax avoidance through IRAs and S-corps and phony valuations, and close the carried interest loophole. prospect.org/day-one-agenda…
@nataliesurely @vicfleischer But the biggest thing that the next president could do to make the tax system more progressive is to actually start auditing the wealthy again prospect.org/day-one-agenda…
