Hemel complains that "...the top 10th of households reap a larger share of the income tax subsidy for retirement savings than the bottom 80%."
He fails to mention that the top 10% of households pay 70% of all federal income tax.
He fails to mention that the top 10% of households pay 70% of all federal income tax.
Not everyone moving between the 90-99% bracket stays there, and will vary as you approach retirement age. Maybe a cap on IRA value allowed to be held tax-free at a multiplier of minimum wage? Like 25x the annual pay of a full time (40hr-week) minimum wage employee for the state you live in? So if min-wage is $12/hr in your state, you can save/invest up to around 600k or so tax free. The excess to that is then taxed at trade, divestment or death.