Preston is a research fellow for tax policy in The Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the federal budget.
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The left-wing Tax Policy Center reported that in 2021, 57% of Americans didn’t pay federal income taxes. The reason that this eye-popping statistic is higher… Read More
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On the campaign trail, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden claimed dozens of times that the 98% of Americans earning less than $400,000 per year wouldn’t pay… Read More
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President Joe Biden finally released his budget request for fiscal year 2023 on Monday, almost two months late. Unsurprisingly, the Biden budget is bloated with… Read More
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We live in a fallen world. Because man has a corruptible heart, when he is given a position of authority, he tends to amass more… Read More
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There’s a common, misguided notion in Washington that the strength of the U.S. economy lies in the American people’s willingness to spend. Commentators have described… Read More
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America is a great nation. But it won’t stay that way forever if its leaders continue acting like the solution to all our ills is… Read More
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Surveys find 81% of U.S. adults support voter ID requirements. Yet President Joe Biden recently condemned state election integrity laws that strengthen voter ID protections… Read More
Conservatives in Congress face a false choice: Extend unwarranted tax breaks to a few politically favored entities or allow the federal government to collect even… Read More
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Liberal legislators in high-tax states like New York, New Jersey, and California seem determined to make sure that their own high-income constituents pay for as… Read More
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In 1696, England instituted a window tax, which determined household taxes based on the number of windows in the home. The tax was intended to… Read More
