Child Tax Credit Payments Begin Today – Thank A Democrat

Update to PSA: Child Tax Credit Payments To Begin July 15 . Today, families across the country will see the first payments from the Child Tax Credit expansion enacted in the American Rescue Plan – $3,600/year for kids under 6 and $3,000/year for kids over 6. Unlike the 2017 Trump tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, these tax … Read more

Senate Democrats to Use Reconciliation to Pass $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan

In a move that could potentially rewrite the American Social Contract, the Democrats in the United States Senate appear to have agreed on pursuing a $3.5 trillion budget package through the reconciliation process. If all Democrats support this dollar figure, the bill contents, and the revenue sources to pay for it, Vice President Kamala Harris … Read more

Sports Teams: The Everlasting Tax Shelter for Billionaires

Remember the Everlasting Gobstopper from Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory? It was a candy for children with “very little pocket money.” It lasted forever, never getting smaller, and was perpetually flavorful. There’s a non-fiction equivalent, except it’s not for children — or anyone else — with “very little pocket money.” Or even average pocket money. Actually, … Read more

President Biden Pokes Fun at Mitch McConnell and Outlines Benefits of both Infrastructure Plans

Before President Joe Biden delivered remarks in Crystal Lake, Illinois about the benefits of both the bipartisan and Democratic infrastructure plans, he poked fun at Senate Minority Leader-Obstructionist in Chief-Enemy of the People-“Do you think I care-” Moscow Mitch McConnell for praising the fact that Kentucky will get close to four billion dollars in American … Read more