For many local governments, administering federal food benefits is increasingly becoming an unfunded mandate.
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Posted inEconomy
Income Inequality and the Trust Funds Shortfalls
Both the Social Security and Medicare trust funds face exhaustion by 2033 because more of the nation’s total income goes to the rich, and much of their growing share goes untaxed.
Posted inPolitics
The Problem with Making “Affordability” The Problem
New tax cut proposals from Senators Cory Booker and Chris Van Hollen abandon effective progressive policies. They’re not alone.
Posted inMagazine
The GOP War on Nurses
To pay for tax cuts, Republicans cut graduate student loan support for female-dominated professions. That turns out to be bad policy and terrible politics.
Posted inPolitics Roundtable
Welcome to Trump’s America, Again
Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” is now law, packed with front-loaded goodies and back-loaded pain. As Medicaid cuts loom and interest payments dwarf military spending, Democrats face a brutal fiscal reality.
Posted inPolitics
This Republican Just Cracked the Doors Open to Higher Taxes on the Wealthy (Or Did He?)
We’ll need to read the fine print of any Republican tax bill to see who pays more or less.
Posted inPolitics
Budget Reconciliation Could Be the Beginning of the End of the Republican Party
Prioritizing extreme deficit reduction is forcing Republicans to take positions that threaten the bonds of their coalition.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Taxing Question for the Roberts Court
The justices are being asked to define income under the 16th Amendment, and their answer will have a huge effect on enacting taxes on extreme wealth.
Posted inPolitics
Ron DeSantis is Not a Competent Governor
Republicans looking for a Donald Trump who can get things done will find the Floridian is just another performative pol who picks fights and doesn’t understand public policy.
Posted inPolitics
Great Britain’s Conservatives Are Screwing Up The Economy
Prime Minister Liz Truss and her chancellor of the exchequer are to blame. It could be a preview of what happens if Republicans take over in the U.S.
