The Washington Post fact-checker gave Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris Three Pinocchios Tuesday for dubiously claiming that her tax proposal would pay for itself. 
Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren's wide-ranging progressive platform is dependent in part on an "ultra-millionaire" wealth tax on the richest people in the United States, but questions about its efficacy and constitutionality make it a risky bet for her. 
California Democrats have proposed a wide array of new taxes in the new legislative session that have some party members in the state worried about the potential political fallout. 
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) will propose a "wealth tax" on people with more than $50 million in assets, according to an economist advising her on the issue. 
Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) has yet to take the speaker's gavel of the U.S. House of Representatives, but Democrats are already laboring to make it easier to dismantle the achievements of the Trump presidency. 
Republican congressional hopeful Pete Stauber says that his Democratic opponent's support for a $2 billion tax hike could cost him in the midterm elections. 
The Democratic nominee for governor in Florida who ran a primary campaign claiming he was the only "true progressive" in the race is proposing a 40 percent hike in the state's corporate taxes, and is selling the idea in-part by comparing his proposed tax rates to California, one of the highest states for corporate taxation in the nation. 
