A report by an expert from The University of Manchester has found that low-income drivers are effectively being charged more than double (212 percent) per mile to subsidize more wealthy road users.
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Aug 25, 2021
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Food insecurity is a major problem in the U.S., and it worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides some relief, but millions of Americans still lack adequate access ...
Political science
Jul 9, 2021
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The shift to home working brought about by the pandemic could cost the UK economy up to £32 billion a year in lost personal income tax.
Economics & Business
Jun 22, 2021
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Approximately one-third of all U.S. counties do not exempt grocery foods from the general sales tax, which means the lowest-income families living in those areas are most susceptible to food insecurity. New research from ...
Economics & Business
May 26, 2021
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The pandemic has been bad for business, but it hasn't necessarily been bad for U.S. state tax revenues; in fact, 22 states saw tax revenues increase during 2020. These outcomes ran counter to estimates made during the year, ...
Economics & Business
Apr 2, 2021
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What if we start taxing carbon-intensive products such as electricity and gasoline, and at the same time compensate low-income households? Hauke Ward and colleagues did just that in a computer simulation for Peru, with a ...
Social Sciences
Dec 17, 2020
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he federal earned income tax credit mitigates the tax burden of low- to moderate-income families by providing a bigger tax refund. University of Illinois human development and family studies professor Karen Kramer was the ...
Economics & Business
Jan 24, 2020
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The 100 highest-paid CEOs in Canada made 227 times more than the average worker in 2018, an unprecedented high, according to a report published Thursday.
Economics & Business
Jan 3, 2020
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Increasing the earned income tax credit helps low-income single mothers improve their housing outcomes as they are less likely to live in crowded households and more likely to live independently, according to a University ...
Social Sciences
Jun 20, 2019
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Although conventional wisdom suggests that poor countries are more likely to bear a disproportionate burden of a worldwide carbon tax on fossil fuels used for electricity and transportation, the potential consequences of ...
Environment
Feb 19, 2019
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