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Maybe like putting Medicare for 55, lowering the age, or taxing carried interest for private equity.

The ultrawealthy successfully lobbied to stop Presidents Obama and Biden from repealing the “carried interest” loophole that saves private equity executives billions by taxing their profits at lower capital gains rates, around 20 percent, instead of higher personal income tax rates, around 37 percent.

One new proposal tackles something that federal lawmakers have failed to do: closing the carried interest loophole, which allows hedge-fund and private equity executives to pay tax rates that are lower in some cases than those paid by entry-level employees.

The Biden administration wanted to close the carried interest loophole, but senior officials blamed fierce lobbying in Washington by the private equity industry for stymieing those plans.

Another bonus: About $190 million of Mr. Schwarzman’s compensation is tied to carried interest, a common form of Wall Street pay that has a relatively low tax rate.