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Mattea Kramer
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Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
Emergency unemployment benefits expired at the end of December and cut off jobless aid to 1.3 million out-of-work Americans. Whether benefits will be extended is now the top debate in Washington.
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NPP Intern
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After we published a blog piece on the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction (HMID) this summer, several people wrote in to tell us how this tax break affected their lives.
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Mattea Kramer
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A new poll just released by Americans for Tax Fairness found that 65 percent of voters across the country want the top 2 percent to pay more in taxes
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Mattea Kramer
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Imagine that tax day rolls around and – instead of paying any taxes at all – Uncle Sam sends you a check for millions or even billions of dollars.
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NPP Intern
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The "carried interest rule" allows certain people, such as hedge fund managers, who earn money by investing other people’s money to pay a lower tax rate than many people who earn a living from wages.
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Jo Comerford
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As Congress tackles the 2014 budget, tax reform is happening in secret.
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Mattea Kramer
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The tax code is so full of tax breaks that this year will cost the federal government more than $1 trillion – as much as all discretionary spending in the federal budget. Tax breaks are all different kinds of credits, deductions, and exclusions that allow people to reduce the amount they ...
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Becky Sweger
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If the U.S. Treasury estimated that something cost the government $1.13 trillion (that's $1,130,000,000,000) in 2013 alone, would you want to know about it?
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Becky Sweger
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Transparency & Data
The top 5 fun facts about the $1.2 trillion project that's happening behind closed doors.
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Mattea Kramer
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The public won't know which lawmakers requested which reforms for 50 years.