PAINTINGS 1 - Economic Inequality
Paul Ryan to the Rescue...of the Top 0.2%
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches
1000 rectangles like the 2 in red, packed closely, would fill the canvas. The red represents the 2 out of 1000 families that paid estate tax before the 2018 Tax Bill, which increased the exemption from $5.5 million to $11.2 million. House Speaker Paul Ryan wanted to eliminate the tax entirely; it would have cost the U.S. $269 billion over 10 yr.