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It has not been easy for most American families during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More.

Republican lawmakers are asking the Biden administration to help taxpayers who are receiving tax forms for unemployment benefits claimed by identity thieves. Read More.

🇺🇸 The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 2/22/21: “Grassroots Leaders Shake the Political Trees” Read More.

The Covid crisis has turbo-charged profits and share prices. But are the big six now too powerful for regulators to ignore? Read More.

Social Security alone isn’t enough to fund your retirement. Here’s how to jump-start your savings Read More.

Data from China expected to tell two different stories Read More.

This episode of What’s Ahead warns that the trading frenzy in GameStop and other so-called meme stocks is stoking Washington politicians’ desire to enact a new tax on every securities transaction. Read More.

🇺🇸 The Grassroots Corner - Week Beginning 2/08/21: “Political Media” Read More.

Residents in these places face state income tax rates as high as 13.3%. Read More.

A fierce and powerful Democrat will be joining one of the Senate’s most powerful committees. Read More.

If, as the saying goes, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, then mark New York’s state government down as insane. Read More.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state’s richest residents — including Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates — would pay a wealth tax on some financial assets under a bill proposed by a lawmaker who says she is seeking a fair tax code at a time when so many people are struggling due to the pandemic. Read More.

The national minimum wage was first mandated by the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938. This federal law provided for not only the minimum wage but also overtime pay. Read More.

The ballot referral, if passed, could leave huge hole in budgets Read More.

Reminiscent of the Obama Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) witch hunt of conservative groups, a U.S. Senator who sits on the committee that oversees the tax agency is pushing it to revoke a student charity’s nonprofit status. Read More.