The term "allowance" may make you think of money a parent gives to a child. But married partners sometimes use it, too. Here's what to try instead.
Golden state expanded abortion access after Roe was repealed in 2022 while neighboring state is set to enact near-total banAs Arizona prepares for a near-total ban on abortion to go into effect in the coming months, providers in California are getting ready to welcome a surge of out-of-state clients and live up to the state’s reputation as an “abortion sanctuary”.California clinics have been treating patients confused by the legal framework in neighboring Arizona ever since the supreme court...
Talking about poverty has historically stirred partisan tension and circular ideological debates. With more finger wagging than handshaking, leaders in neither America as a whole nor the city of Chicago have improved the livelihoods of those in poverty. Progressive extremists have flocked to solutions for helping the poor such as the Fight for $15 minimum wage hike and welfare expansions. But throwing more money at state or federal agencies hasn’t solved the problem. It has, in...
Amidst a decline in traditional democratic structures and financial systems, cryptocurrencies emerge as a revitalizing force, offering a new form of accountability and transparency that could potentially restore public institutions. Cryptocurrency Might Be the Last Hope for a Crumbling Democratic System It’s become clear that democracy is in trouble, especially after the scale of disasters […]
Financial literacy is the least expensive and most effective tool for community economic development in existence, writes John Hope Bryant, yet we don't use it.
It is folklore that middle-class Americans received perpetual relief in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Here's how to prepare for changes on the horizon.
Main Streets where everyone knows your name, tight-knit communities that come together to share and solve problems, and backroads that wind through crop fields as far as the eye can see. These are only a few examples of what made my experience growing up in small-town Iowa – and all those in rural communities across the country – such a special one. Unfortunately, more and more of our rural friends feel left behind and disconnected from a shared future of progress with their...
The last several elections demonstrate that Iowans support the tax relief efforts of Gov. Kim Reynolds and those legislators who have voted to cut taxes. Iowa’s legislature continued the tax cut momentum late last week, by passing the fourth round of income tax reforms in recent years. This new legislation will push Iowa’s personal income tax down to a single, flat rate of 3.8 percent in 2025, delivering more than $1 billion of tax relief over the next six years. Further, the...
Louisiana’s lawmakers are working tirelessly to write our comeback story and revive our economy. Meanwhile, the Biden administration’s January decision to hit pause on liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects has been a major setback for our state’s economy and job market. The administration claims the pause would allow the government to take a step back and have a “hard look” at the impact of LNG on our economy and environment. But Louisiana families know the impact of a...
Economists Richard Vedder and Lowell Gallaway contend that “the seven years from the autumn of 1922 to the autumn of 1929 were arguably the brightest period in the economic history of the United States.” This decade is often described as the “Roaring Twenties” or “Coolidge Prosperity” for the significant economic growth and entrepreneurship that occurred. It is also a decade of controversy, and many economists and historians continue to debate whether or not the seeds of the...
On April 25, 2024, American Banker’s commentary page, BankThink, published an op-ed written by ATR’s director of financial policy, Bryan Bashur. The piece discusses why the Federal Reserve’s proposed rule to amend the debit card interchange fee cap will harm the debit card market in the future. The article starts by explaining that the proposed rule plans […]
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