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Americans hosting Thanksgiving to spend 19% more than last year: report
A majority of Thanksgiving hosts want guests to contribute by bringing a dish, chipping in financially or otherwise helping Read More.
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Republicans Ponder: What if the Trump Tax Cuts Cost Nothing?
Some in the party are considering alternative ways of assessing the federal budget as they prepare to extend temporary tax cuts passed in 2017. Read More.
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Over 800 IRS employees owe millions in back taxes after audits pushed by Ernst
The IRS alerted Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) that 860 of the agency's employees still owe millions of dollars in back taxes despite a bombshell inspector general report in July. Read More.
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Social Security Approaches Its Day of Reckoning
Americans should plan for their futures rather than relying on a nonexistent Social Security “trust fund.” Read More.
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The Chairman’s Report November 22nd, 2024
TRUMP WANTS TO ABOLISH THE INCOME TAX This is the title of a post on Peter St Onge’s substack.Peter St Onge is a Visiting Fellow in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies and the... Read More.
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Breitbart Business Digest: How Bidenomics Triggered the Inflation Crisis and Cost Democrats Everything
Now that the election is safely in the past, we are finally getting some clarity about the economically damaging inflation that crippled Biden's presidency and swept the legs out from Kamala Harris's attempt to become the 47 president. Read More.
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Goldman Sachs: Trump tax cuts, deregulation will boost growth; tariffs could be a drag
Goldman Sachs' sees the biggest risk to growth as being a broad, across-the-board tariff on imported goods Read More.
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The Grassroots Corner November 18th, 2024
THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT – UNFAIR TO THE POOR People who don’t understand the FAIRtax are often quick to dismiss it as a bad idea claiming that sales taxes by nature are regressive... Read More.
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Where was inflation the highest in October? Northeast and Midwest cities near the top
Northeast and Midwest regions had the highest inflation in the US during October Read More.
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Los Angeles Votes to Raise Sales Tax to Fund Homeless Services
Los Angeles County voters have chosen to pass Measure A, which will raise sales taxes by a quarter of a percent to fund homeless services. Read More.
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The Chairman’s Report November 15th, 2024
KNOW YOUR ENEMY AND KNOW YOURSELF This statement comes from Sun Tzu's influential work "The Art of War," which was written around the 5th century BC. Read More.
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Government Delivered Inflation—but No Real Aid—in North Carolina
North Carolina can’t catch a break under the Biden-Harris administration. The federal government’s appalling response to Hurricane Helene almost surely cost lives, adding insult to the injury of the inflation... Read More.
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How Trump's second White House term could impact the economy
President-elect Trump's economic agenda for his second term in the White House will include some old and new policies compared to his first administration. Read More.
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The Grassroots Corner November 11th, 2024
We do not often get a response to our thank-you notes to contributors inviting them to tell us about their interest in FAIRtax. Read More.