![Sanders' new bill, Stop Walmart Act, rests on economic misunderstandings](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/stock-buybacks-2-300x200.jpeg)
Robert Bellafiore was a Policy Analyst with the Center for Federal Tax Policy at the Tax Foundation. Originally from Albany, New York, Robert is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, where he studied economics and philosophy.
Previously, he interned at the Heritage Foundation, where he contributed to the 2018 Index of Economic Freedom. Robert enjoys playing classical and jazz piano and reading literature.
Latest Work
![Sanders' new bill, Stop Walmart Act, rests on economic misunderstandings](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/stock-buybacks-2-300x200.jpeg)
![The overall U.S. Tax System is Progressive, U.S. progressive tax code, high-income individuals, income tax, High-Income taxpayers pay the highest average income tax rate, U.S. progressive tax code](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/622-featured-01-300x287.png)
Summary of the Latest Federal Income Tax Data, 2018 Update
The top 50 percent of all taxpayers pay 97 percent of all individual income taxes, while the bottom 50 percent paid the remaining 3 percent.
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![Who Benefits Most from the State and Local Tax Deduction](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SLDeductionsCounty-01-300x259.png)
The Benefits of the State and Local Tax Deduction by County
Do taxpayers in your area rely heavily on state and local tax deductions? See how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act tax plan may impact taxpayers in your county.
2 min read![Comparing 2020 income tax proposals by Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren. Trump payroll tax proposal](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/money-300x200.jpg)
![Tax filing, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Tax Compliance, Different Methods of Calculating Costs](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Compliance-cost-1040-tax-compliance-TCJA-e1534857938401-300x201.jpeg)
![The Jobs Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act by State, 2018-2027: Methodology](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/AdobeStock_87254627-e1533072091711-300x220.jpeg)