Bill De Blasio Wants Hillary Clinton to Back End to Carried-Interest Loophole
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio insisted that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton call for higher taxes on the wealthy, a $15-an-hour minimum wage and an end to preferential treatment for carried interest earned by private-equity managers.
De Blasio, a self-described progressive, said in April that he was withholding his endorsement of Clinton in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary until she lays out specific plans for tacking income inequality
In a radio interview Friday with Brian Lehrer on WNYC, de Blasio said Clinton should back investor Warren Buffett’s suggestion of taxing chief executives at a higher rate than their employees and support an end to the rule that allows profits earned by private-equity managers, venture capitalists and some hedge funds to be taxed as capital gains rather than ordinary income.
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-06-05/de-blasio-wants-clinton-to-back-end-to-carried-interest-loophole