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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Education,
Health Care,
Military & Security,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net,
Taxes & Revenue
April 15, 2019 is Tax Day. Do you know where your tax dollars are? Here's a hint: military contractors cost the average taxpayer more than the price of a new Macbook Pro, but public housing costs the average taxpayer less than a curling iron from Wal-Mart. The average American paid...
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Health Care,
Military & Security,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
This week the House majority released their budget blueprint for fiscal year 2019, which begins October 1.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net,
Taxes & Revenue
Possibly the single worst thing about it is the cynical way that its supporters want to use it to create an excuse to gut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
It's easy to see what comes next: claiming pressure from the deepening debt that they themselves created, members of Congress will want massive cuts to programs that help the poor and middle class.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Military & Security,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
If President Trump has shown us anything with this budget, it’s that he will seek to increase military spending, even if he doesn’t know why he’s doing it.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Education,
Health Care,
Military & Security,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net,
Taxes & Revenue
Congress is in "recess" from April 7 to April 21, 2017. That means that members of Congress are home in their states or districts -- and they're ready to meet with you.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Military & Security,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
Today the Trump transition team suggested $10.5 trillion in spending cuts over the next ten years.
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Nora Ranney
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Budget Process,
Debt & Deficit,
Education,
Health Care,
Military & Security,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net,
Taxes & Revenue,
Transparency & Data
Please mark your calendars and join us for an engaging discussion on the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Education,
Military & Security,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
This year, we’ll spend $7.5 billion to send Americans to federal prisons. This is not what safety looks like.
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Guest Blogger
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Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
Puerto Rico is in crisis. What should the U.S. federal government do about it?