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The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 6/06/22: “Memorial Day ” Read More.

Following a report Tesla is trying to force workers to return to the office or quit, another has surfaced over a potential hiring freeze. Read More.

The action could cut that by 16 cents or more. And some areas of the state could see even bigger discounts. Read More.

"Stop the Hidden Payoffs" - For as long as there have been people in governments that could bestow benefits and advantages on businesses and individuals, there has been the expectation that the businesses and individuals who want those benefits and advantages should pay for the favorable treatment they receive—usually with money or its equivalent. Read More.

Let’s start out by examining what the Fair Tax Act is. The Fair Tax Act is a tax designed to replace all federal income taxes. The plan was created by Americans for Fair Taxation, an advocacy group formed to change the tax system, this group states that, together with economists, it developed the plan and the name “Fair Tax”, based on the desires of the general public. Read More.

Officials argued that an expected move by Biden to forgive student debt would only barely raise inflation Read More.

The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 5/30/22: “Meet FAIRtax Candidate John Barker ” Read More.

The IRS announced on May 20 that it would be raising interest rates beginning July 1, 2022. The interest rate increase would apply to overpayments and underpayments of quarterly taxes. Generally speaking, these changes typically apply to corporations, 1099 independent contractors and self-employed people who have to pay quarterly estimated taxes. Interest rates are calculated quarterly based on the federal short-term rate. Read More.

TRENTON – Assembly Republicans want to cut income taxes as part of the new state budget, part of a four-pronged plan for responding to an unprecedented surge in state revenues and surplus. Read More.

Inflation gauge above 2% for 13th consecutive month Read More.

"Cancel Culture and the FAIRtax" - Cancel culture is a cruel and ugly phenomenon that has stormed into American society and entwined itself into the very fabric of our lives.  Cancel culture has been defined in varying ways, including, as quoted in a May 19, 2021 Pew Research Center analysis, trying to silence someone that does not have the same belief as you.  Read More.

Following the cataclysmic drop in new home sales, notably weak PMIs, and ugly Richmond Fed data, reality is starting to bite this morning as 'real' economic data confirms the apparent collapse in ad-spend that Snap's warning signals. Read More.

The record-high national average for a gallon of regular gas is $4.56, and is much higher in some states Read More.

White House: Tapping diesel reserve may not reduce prices, but could help to prevent spot outages Read More.

Citing estimates from JPMorgan, over the weekend Bloomberg wrote that courtesy of a Biden administration terrified of what soaring inflation will mean for the Democrats in the midterms, and a Fed that is determine to do anything - even crash the market and spark a recession - to do Joe Biden's "kill inflation" bidding, the US faces a new scary threat: a plunge in wealth which JPM estimates at least $5 trillion, and could reach $9 trillion by year-end. Read More.