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The Grassroots Corner November 29, 2021
🇺🇸 The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 11/29/21: “CPAC: Call to Action” Read More.
Stocks crater as new COVID-19 variant triggers market sell-off
US stocks will close for trading at 1 pm ET on Friday Read More.
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The Chairman’s Report November 26, 2021
From all of us at Americans for Fair Taxation Read More.
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Illinois House GOP aims to fight inflation with tax credit
SPRINGFIELD (WGEM) - Milk, bread, turkey and diapers - the effects of inflation have been wide-ranging for consumers. Read More.
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Wealthiest 1% get richer under Dems' reckless tax-and-spend package
Any suggestion that Dems' Build Back Better Act constitutes a broad-based, middle-class tax cut is clearly false Read More.
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Panic In The Aisles: Holiday Shoppers Are Buying Early, Hoarding Items
Veena Marcano usually starts her holiday shopping early, but this year she set a new personal record: July. Given everything she had heard about shipping delays, product shortages and price increases, she figured she better get a move on. So she began hitting retailers like Amazon, T.J.Maxx and Burlington, diligently stocking up on gifts for her two kids, nieces and godchildren. Well before Black Friday, she had all that she needed — and then some. Read More.
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Biden taps Jerome Powell for second term as Fed chair, spurning progressives
The Fed chair is one of the most powerful players in Washington Read More.
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Mankato homeowners picking up more of the property tax burden
John Logan, a widower who has lived on the 2300 block of Fair Street since 1998, has noticed the trend when he writes out the checks for his property taxes — up, up and up again, increasing $726 in the past five years. Read More.
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Homestead property tax exemptions: Don’t pay more than your fair share
A good way to whittle homestead property taxes down is to review the available exemptions. Read More.
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The Grassroots Corner November 22, 2021
🇺🇸 The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 11/22/21: “Happy Thanksgiving!” Read More.
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House Democrats pass Biden's $2 trillion bill with child allowance and social benefits, sending it to the Senate where Manchin may still sink it
House Democrats passed a $2 trillion social spending bill carrying the bulk of President Joe Biden's economic agenda on Friday morning, barreling past united GOP opposition and sending it to the Senate, where Joe Manchin of West Virginia could still force it to undergo a major overhaul. Read More.
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The Chairman’s Report November 19, 2021
"The year was 2005, now almost seventeen years ago. President George Walker Bush had announced on January 7th the President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. Finally, I thought, the time has come." Read More.
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Hundreds Of Billions Lost As Major Cryptocurrencies—Including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Cardano—Tumble In Crypto Crash
Hundreds of billions has been wiped from the cryptocurrency market Tuesday amid a market-wide crash that has seen the prices of major cryptocurrencies—including bitcoin, ethereum, cardano and solana—plummet and fall sharply from near record highs this week. Read More.
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Accounting games: Democrats are downplaying the price of their massive spending bill, watchdog says
Programs made temporary to cut hide real cost, tax enforcement revenue underestimated, budget watchdog says Read More.
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The Grassroots Corner November 15, 2021
🇺🇸 The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 11/15/21: “Meet Jeb Hanson” Read More.

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