Budget Battles
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Virus Surge Could Wallop the Economy Again
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Mnuchin Pulls Plug on Emergency Covid-Relief Programs
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250,000 Dead. Where Are Trump, Pelosi and McConnell?
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Top CEOs Call for Covid Relief, Mask Mandate
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Biden Warns 'More People May Die' if Trump Refuses to Coordinate
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Trump Touts Covid Response as Cases Surge to New Highs
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With Trump on Sidelines, It's Now Pelosi vs. McConnell on Stimulus
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A New Tax on Stay-at-Home Workers?
By The Fiscal Times StaffA report funded by Deutsche Bank that examines the economic recovery from the pandemic suggests that people working at home should be taxed for the privilege of doing so, in order to pay for aid to...
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Election Results Signal Less Stimulus, More Gridlock
By Michael RaineyAlthough the final numbers aren’t in yet, it looks like the 2020 election will deliver a divided Congress to whichever party claims the White House. Democratic hopes for a “blue wave” fell by the...
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Joe Biden’s Economy Czar
By Michael RaineyJoe Biden has a vast team of advisers working on plans to boost the economy in the event that the former vice president wins the presidential election. While some are big names who served in the...
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No Pre-Election Details on Trump’s Promised Tax Cuts
By Michael RaineyAdd President Trump’s second term tax plan to the long list of items that he will release at some point in the future. White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Monday that while administration...
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A Bad Time for Biden’s Tax Hikes? Why Joe Says No
When he’s not slinging dubious accusations of corruption, attacking Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, or propagating conspiracy theories, President Trump has frequently been hitting the former vice president...
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Biden Tax Plan Would Raise $2.4 Trillion Over a Decade: TPC
By Michael RaineyUpdating its analysis of Joe Biden’s tax proposals, the centrist Tax Policy Center said Thursday that the former vice president’s plans would generate about $2.4 trillion over 10 years. The new...
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Tax Rates Crushing Some Low-Wage Workers: Fed Study
By Michael RaineyLow-wage workers face shockingly high marginal tax rates as they earn more once the loss of government benefits are taken into account, according to researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta...
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Biden’s Tax Plan Would Raise Trillions, With Little Effect on Growth: AEI
By Michael RaineyA newly updated analysis from the conservative American Enterprise Institute finds that Joe Biden’s tax plan would raise roughly $2.8 trillion over 10 years, while reducing economic growth by a...
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Trump Teases Another Massive Tax Cut
President Trump just left the Walter Reed Medical Center to return to the White House — a decision that’s astonishing outside experts and raising additional questions about his condition, his care...
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Trump’s Tax Cuts Didn’t Boost Job Numbers
By Michael RaineyThe job market was remarkably strong before the coronavirus pandemic hit earlier this year, with the unemployment rate falling to a 50-year low. Even so, President Trump’s promise to be the “greatest...
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The Truth About Trump’s and Biden's Tax Plans
In his speech Thursday night accepting the GOP presidential nomination, President Trump, like many other speakers at the Republican National Convention this week, unleashed a flood of falsehoods and...
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Trump’s Payroll Tax Plan Is Hung Up in a Dispute With the IRS: Report
By Michael RaineyPresident Trump’s effort to suspend employee Social Security taxes starting September 1 is hung up over a dispute over who should be responsible for making the tax payments once the suspension is...
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Terminating Payroll Tax Could Wipe Out Social Security by 2023, Chief Actuary Says
Eliminating payroll taxes could drain the Social Security trust funds within a few years if no alternative source of funding is provided, the Social Security Administration’s chief actuary said in a...
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Biden Bashes Trump on Social Security, Taxes and Health Care
By Michael RaineyJoe Biden’s well-received acceptance speech for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night may have emphasized his differences with President Donald Trump —with a heavy focus on personal...
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Why Republicans, Democrats Think Differently About Taxes
By Michael RaineyOpinions about tax policy are divided in the U.S. along fairly predictable partisan lines, with Republicans typically expressing preferences for lower taxes compared to Democrats, but how do those...