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October 2, 2024
AOC’s “Social Housing” Dead End
…allure of a socialist “paradise.” To call it soulless would overstate its allure. It has no cross-streets with small shops; instead, groceries must be sought in nearby malls. Nor is…
September 23, 2024
Toward a Potential Grand Bargain for the Nation
…individually, because it allows for different parties to strike deals across policy issues, not just within a single issue. For example, implementing a carbon tax to address climate change seems…
September 10, 2024
America is Still Working
…otherwise rising. While women saw increases across the age distribution, men’s labor supply declined for every age group. Men’s hours were flat only because the population shifted from younger, less…
August 30, 2024
When It Comes to Declining Donations, There’s More to the Story
…Revenue Service data for 2018 to 2021 showed that the average share of total adjusted gross income devoted to itemized charitable giving declined by 28 percent, even though adjusted gross…
August 6, 2024
Trump’s Tax Law Diminished Incentives for Charitable Giving, But We Can Fix It
…increased by 11 percent from 2017 to 2021, the average share of total adjusted gross income devoted to itemized-charitable giving fell by 28 percent. Put another way, more income was available for charitable…
August 1, 2024
Two Outrageous Bills Kamala Harris Sponsored Would Crush Taxpayers
As a U.S. senator, Vice President Kamala Harris had a remarkably slim record of accomplishments, shepherding only a handful of minor resolutions across the finish line. But that’s far from…
July 23, 2024
How the 2017 Tax Law Made Itemized Charitable Giving a Luxury Good
…that such giving, measured as a percentage of adjusted gross income, decreased overall because far fewer households itemized their tax returns. As a result, only the most affluent taxpayers, who…
June 18, 2024
Economic Opportunity and Social Mobility
…of families with children rose by 45% before — and by as much as 94% after — accounting for taxes and transfers. Moreover, according to the LIS Cross-National Data Center,…
May 22, 2024
Missed Opportunities in the Proposed Farm Bill
…net income on food. Federal guidelines set SNAP gross income limit at 130 percent of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL) and net income limit at 100 percent FPL. SNAP benefit…
April 21, 2024
The Real Bias at NPR: Story Selection
…from which to draw, a better NPR would have its ear to the ground across the country — searching out the small-town and big-city stories that would provide us the…