By JENNIFER SHUTT , Florida Phoenix, July 13, 2023. WASHINGTON — U.S. senators debated Wednesday how best to resolve a funding cliff within Social Security that will lead to a quarter reduction in benefits in about a decade, absent action from Congress. Democrats on the Budget Committee, led by Chair Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island,
By Bea Dixon, PhD, Democratic Political Activist, January 11, 2023 House Republicans made good on a campaign promise on January 11, 2023, by repealing the additional funding for the IRS that was passed in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. The latter includes $79 billion for the IRS over a 10-year period. 1 Newly elected House speaker
The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on Jan 14, 2023. After a chaotic election for house speaker, the Republican party has begun showing how it intends to govern. Just out of the gate, they came, determined to torch funding for IRS, which has been underfunded, crippling vital collections of
The following editorial was published in The Daily Sun on Nov 22, 2022. OUR POSITION: Don’t be surprised if your property taxes went up. November isn’t just election time; it’s also property tax time. Property owners receive their bills and the clock to pay them starts ticking, with a shrinking discount available each month through March.
By Peter Baker and Clifford Krauss, New York Times, Oct. 31, 2022 WASHINGTON — President Biden threatened on Monday to seek a new windfall profits tax on major oil and gas companies unless they ramp up production to curb the price of gasoline at the pump, an escalation of his battle with the energy industry just a week
By MICHAEL MOLINE, Florida Phoenix, Oct 20, 2022. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that he is extending deadlines for paying property taxes on residential and commercial buildings “that were destroyed or otherwise rendered uninhabitable” by Hurricane Ian. The idea is to pause tax payments in 26 counties until the Legislature can convene before the end of
While Republicans are already on defense over their agenda of hiking taxes on more than 40% of Floridians and raising healthcare premiums for millions, they will also have to spend this April recess explaining their record of voting against measures to lower costs for Americans. Over the past two weeks, Republicans in Congress have voted against bills that would lower
As people across the state are preparing to file their taxes this year, Senator Rick Scott is huddling with his Republican colleagues trying to figure out the best way to sell his tax plan ahead of the midterm elections. But here’s the catch: if Rick Scott gets his way, over 40% of Floridians would be paying higher
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