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Senate GOP Advances Permanent Trump Tax Cuts Amid Pushback by Democrats
In a dramatic overnight session, Senate Republicans narrowly passed a sweeping framework for trillions in tax cuts and spending...
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Trump's Attack on Social Security and Medicare: A Dangerous Distraction
President Trump’s actions to dismantle Social Security and Medicare are not about reducing government spending or the federal deficit....
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Mar 302 min read
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Message to Fetterman and McCormick - vote NO on Trump's budget
Contact your Senators and demand that they vote NO on Trump’s budget. The damage that will result from Trump’s disastrous budget will...
mjpardus
Mar 121 min read
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The Consumer Fraud and Protection Bureau is a good financial investment
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was created under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010...
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Feb 282 min read
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Even right-wing Republicans are afraid of Trump’s economic plan
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” H.L. Mencken (American...
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Nov 12, 20242 min read
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Why We Need a Permanent Expanded Child Tax Credit
A permanently expanded Child Tax Credit benefits communities and contributes to economic growth. Benefits outweigh costs by 10-to-1. [1]...
mjpardus
Sep 13, 20242 min read
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Tariffs, Trade Wars and Recession
Trump passed one of the largest tax increases in American history. [1] Do we really want to give him the chance to do it again? ...
mjpardus
Aug 27, 20242 min read
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Republicans want to hand over your savings to the big banks
For now, your bank deposits are guaranteed by the FDIC. Republicans want to privatize it and give the keys to the banks. What could...
mjpardus
Aug 20, 20242 min read
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IRS Recovers $1 Billion from Wealthy Tax Cheats
Thanks to President Biden’s Inflation Recover Act the IRS reached a milestone this week collecting more than $1 billion from high income,...
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Jul 11, 20241 min read
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Westmoreland County Property Taxes Will Rise to Unprecedented Levels When Trump Eliminates the Department of Education
Trump has long made clear that eliminating the Department of Education is a priority stating that “[w]e’re going to end education coming...
mjpardus
Jun 7, 20242 min read
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Federal Investments in Westmoreland County – Thank You Joe Biden, Bob Casey, and Summer Lee
Under Trump, every week was infrastructure week. But while Republicans promise, Democrats got things done! So far, more than $282 million...
mjpardus
May 28, 20241 min read
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What you think you know about the increasing gas prices is wrong
It is easy to blame President Biden for the increased price of gasoline. But it is wrong to do so. The issue is more complicated than...
mjpardus
May 2, 20242 min read
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Does America Need Trillionaires?
Concentrated wealth has long been recognized as a threat to American democracry.[1] Although we are not there yet, the time is rapidly...
mjpardus
Apr 23, 20242 min read
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Biden did not raise your federal income taxes
Biden has not enacted any new tax laws and did not raise federal income tax rates. Changes to the federal income tax rate would require a...
mjpardus
Apr 16, 20242 min read
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