Quito With 80% of the United States households earning, and therefore paying, taxes on incomes of less than $100,000 per year, that means that the vast majority of us are filing “short forms” on IRS 1040A. Independent studies regularly establish that the most generous Americans, when measured as a percentage of income, are those making …
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Lying about Ryan Budget, Citizen Wealth, and Poverty Reduction in the USA
New Orleans As children of the Cold War all of us learned there’s nothing like the “big lie.” I can find no better proof of this than the preposterous argument made by the right when they try to twist all manner of logic and common sense to have us believe that Congressman, and now putative …
Presidential Candidates Running from Poverty and the Cities
New Orleans I didn’t watch the debates for more than the 30-seconds it takes to change channels. By the time I was home from work and the gym, put out the garbage, fed the dog and washed out her kennel, eaten my Healthy Choice, and read some back papers and drug myself upstairs, I …