This Millionaires Surtax Calculator allows you to imagine the kinds of vital public investments the Surtax could fund. It offers $635 billion in revenue, because that’s how much the surtax is estimated to raise over 10 years. It’s up to you to choose from a menu of possible expenditures.
While a significant sum, $635 billion is not nearly enough to meet all our nation’s growing needs. That’s why the calculator lets you select additional ways to improve the lives of working families that cost more than the amount raised by the Millionaires Surtax. Those extra public expenditures could find their own funding if some of the many other progressive tax reforms now under debate are enacted.
Spend a little time reading the descriptions of the investment choices you make. Print out your choices to take them to community meetings and rallies and announce your plan to friends and family online using the social share buttons below.
Dollar amounts in billions over 10 years
Strengthen the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
$300
Billion
Aggressively tackle the opioid epidemic
$100
Billion
Ensure families have enough to eat under SNAP
$190
Billion
Make college affordable
$720
Billion
Fully fund Title I aid for low-Income students
$270
Billion
Fully fund Special Education
$197
Billion
Fully fund Head Start
$140
Billion
Provide affordable quality child care to families in need
$1.2
Trillion
Expand and improve affordable housing
$495
Billion
Protect families from the elements
$150
Billion
Rebuild crumbling infrastructure
$600
billion
Down payment on transitioning to a green energy economy
$600
Billion