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No Taxes on Tips Will Drive Deficits Higher

By svillarreal | October 24, 2025
Server waiting tables.

Here’s how this new, temporary deduction will affect federal revenues, budget deficits, and tax equity.

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Three Reasons Why Assuming Sustained 3% Growth is a Budget Gimmick

By svillarreal | October 20, 2025
Shoppers going up an escalator.

GDP growth of 3 percent is significantly higher than independent, nonpartisan estimates and historically difficult to achieve.

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How Does the U.S. Healthcare System Compare to Other Countries?

By briteweb | October 7, 2025
A pharmacy technician grabs a bottle of drugs off a shelve

Despite higher healthcare spending, America’s health outcomes are not any better than those in other developed countries.

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Six Charts That Show Why Corporate Tax Revenues are Low in the U.S. Right Now

By briteweb | October 6, 2025

Compared to historical trends and other advanced economies, corporate tax revenues in the United States are low.

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The U.S. Corporate Tax System Explained

By briteweb | October 6, 2025
Low angle view of the skyscrapers in Philadelphia City

Revenues raised by the corporate income tax represent the third-largest category of federal revenues in the United States.

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How Much Funding Do State and Local Governments Receive from Federal Government?

By briteweb | October 3, 2025
Massachusetts State House

Over the last four decades, federal grants to state and local governments have made up about 17 percent of their total revenues.

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The OBBBA’s Effect on Income Distribution in the United States

By jcurry | October 1, 2025
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson signs the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

The benefits and burdens of the OBBBA are not evenly distributed. Low-income households will fare much worse than middle- and high-income ones.

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A Brief History of U.S. Government Shutdowns

By briteweb | October 1, 2025

Government shutdowns (and the threat of them) are a recent phenomenon and something other developed countries don’t contend with.

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Four Reasons Why a Government Shutdown Is Harmful

By briteweb | September 30, 2025
A view of the Washington Monument seen between wires that cover the windows on the observation deck of the Old Post Office Tower January 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. While thousands of National Park Service employees are on furlough and parks and sites are closed across the country due to the partial federal government shutdown.

It may be counterintuitive, but government shutdowns are expensive. They are also bad for the economy.

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Chart Pack: Corporate Taxes

By briteweb | September 30, 2025
Chart Packs

A selection of key charts on corporate income taxes in the United States and how they fit within the federal budget.

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