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President Joe Biden promised over and over again on the 2020 campaign trail that he would not raise taxes on any American making less than $400,000 per year. Read More.

Democrats in both chambers of Congress on Tuesday reintroduced a bill to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time since 2009, setting a $15 an hour target by 2025. Read More.

The number of gig workers in America has been growing in recent years, but the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated that trend. Before the pandemic, around 41 million Americans were already classified as gig workers (defined as independent contractors or other non-traditional form of employment). Read More.

Legislators want to halt continued push for decoupling legislation and the higher taxes it would force on struggling Illinois businesses. Read More.

🇺🇸 The Grassroots Corner - Week Ending 1/25/21: “Call to Action: The Keith Hanson Show” Read More.

Nebraska’s tax system is completely broken. Nebraska is the worst state in the nation for the inheritance tax, the seventh worst state for property taxes and only Wisconsin beats Nebraska in terms of the number of farm and ranch bankruptcies. Read More.

The agency will start accepting returns on Feb. 12, about two weeks later than usual. But you still have to file by April 15. Read More.

An article by economist Milton Ezrati discussed some of the likely income/payroll tax code changes that the Biden administration will be seeking. Read More.

One of the most debated issues every four years is each candidate’s tax plan. President Trump passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in 2017, one of the largest tax reforms in history. Read More.

It was fascinating to watch Treasury-secretary designate Janet Yellen and several Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee dance their delicate deficit dance at Yellen’s confirmation hearing yesterday. Read More.

In contrast to previous changes, the tax code could be modified in a way that affects everyone who has something of value to leave to heirs. Read More.

🇺🇸 The Grassroots Corner - Week Ending 1/18/21: “Meet Marketing and Communications Team Leader, Randy Fischer” Read More.

President-elect Joe Biden is a mere six days from relocating to the Oval Office, and with Democrats holding majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, any and all of the former Vice President’s proposals are now in play. Read More.

Most of us are not old enough to remember the personal and economic devastation caused by the 1918 flu epidemic. This flu was caused by the H1N1 virus and it is estimated to have infected over 500 million people—one-third of the world’s population at the time. Read More.

Stocks and taxes: What’s going to happen? Read More.