The standard deduction has roughly doubled, and those with dependent children and those who itemize deductions will see differences.
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In rebuttal, J. Lysen: There are ways to fix income inequality
This letter is in response to a Cal Thomas syndicated column that appeared in the Sun Journal May 14, titled, “Create wealth, don’t redistribute.” In his column, Thomas criticized Pope Francis for raising issues concerning income and wealth inequality, with such inequality historically the worst it has ever been. I understand why Thomas and other […]
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Jim Wellehan: Repairing the damage of income inequality
Income inequality in America is now the highest since the Great Depression; the highest in the developed world. Skewed income and wealth separate our society into “haves” and “have-nots,” and it is nearly impossible for have-not communities to have great schools, sustainable family structures, or opportunities for their children. Income inequality is passed on from […]
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David Sirota: Wealthy playing the ‘pity me’ game
The rich have never been richer and the poor keep getting poorer. The financial masters of the universe enjoy indefinite taxpayer-funded bailouts, while the social safety net for the poor is gutted. The ruling class that engineers crushing economic inequality gathers at the World Economic Forum in Davos to pretend to care about said inequality, […]
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Leonard Pitts: How wretched it is to be wealthy
Dear Tom Perkins: I’m writing to apologize. I do this on behalf of the 99 percent of us who are not multimillionaires. You, of course, are, having made a pile as a venture capitalist and co-founder of the firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. I admit, I’d have thought a guy like you had little […]
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Cal Thomas: Liberals selling message of greed and envy
In a December 4 speech, President Obama declared income “inequality” to be “the defining challenge of our time.” It is time for me to come clean; to own up to a dark secret I have been hiding most of my life. It is embarrassing to admit it, but I suffer from income inequality. Yes, there […]