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With Budget Gap Looming, D.C. Council Starts Talking About Tax Increases | The Washington Sun

October 16, 2026
  • D.C. Policy Center

On October 16, 2026, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted in the Washington Washington Sun about the Wealth Proceeds Tax under consideration by the Council:

But for Yesim Sayin, executive director of the D.C. Policy Center, that Nadeau’s new tax would target capital gains is risky. “This is all great when we have capital gains doing so well. But this could all go bust in a bad year. It’s very volatile,” she said.

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