Where Are Your Tax Dollars Going?
Virginia Public Radio, April 13, 2015 RICHMOND, Va. – Taxes are on the minds of many Virginians, and a new analysis examines where exactly federal income tax dollars are going. Th ...
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In Virginia, Most Full-Time Workers Do Not Earn Enough to Support a Family with Children
This week, the Virginia General Assembly money committees will meet to discuss the finances of the Commonwealth. As lawmakers make decisions about the financial health of Virginia ...
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Originally posted on The Half Sheet. Among the many hurdles that low-income Virginians face, two stand out: wages are stagnant, and they pay a higher share of their income on ...
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Talk is Cheap, Tax Preferences Aren’t
Posted on The Half Sheet on July 31, 2014By Emily UseltonSpending cuts are the go-to when it comes to closing a budget shortfall in Virginia. But there is another pathway: reformi ...
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The Budget Gimmick That Would Not Die
Originally published on The Half Sheet, the blog of the Commonwealth Institute on July 10, 2014.A budget gimmick lawmakers introduced four years ago to help balance the budget ...
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Refunding the Difference
By Mitchell ColeFor the original story posted by The Half Sheet, click here.On the face of it, Virginia has a generous Earned Income Credit. But it ranks among the least effective ...
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Virginia ranked second-worst among all states for the number of vulnerable minorities who had to go without health care in the last year because of the high cost, according to a n ...
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It’s Time to Raise the Minimum Wage
By Anna ChuOriginal article from Center for American Progress and can be accessed by clicking here. Right now, a parent working full time earning the minimum wage and raising ...
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Who Benefits from Tax Day?
Today is Tax Day! Millions of Americans are paying their fair share of taxes at rates higher than many corporations. Tax shelters, loopholes, and other accounting techniques ...
Read More »Virginia Organizing Releases Statement on U.S. Senate’s Failure to Support the Unemployed
For Immediate Release: January 16, 2014Petersburg, Va.—In response to the U.S. Senate’s recent failure to support the unemployed with the vote not to extend unem ...
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