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Federal Budget and Economy

Is The Stimulus Rebate A Universal Basic Income?

March 25, 2020 –
Congress is about to pass a massive economic stimulus package that will, among other things, send cash to most American households. The so-called rebates amount...
Federal Budget and Economy

Pay to Extend Unemployment Benefits? Why Not Pay to Extend Temporary Tax Breaks Too?

January 9, 2014 –
In the battle over whether to extend long-term unemployment benefits, one of the Republican talking points is: Sure, we’ll consider an extension, but it must...
Individual Taxes

Uncompassionate Economics: Blaming Unemployment Compensation for Our Job Woes

August 30, 2010 –
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed this morning, Robert Barro lays blame for the nation’s stubbornly high unemployment rate squarely on President Obama’s doorstep. The outspoken Harvard economist asserts that unemployment would stand at 6.8 percent—well below today’s 9.5 percent—if only the president and Congress hadn’t extended unemployment compensation to 99 weeks.
Federal Budget and Economy

Stimulating the Stimulus—unemployment compensation

February 6, 2009 –
The stimulus bill before the Senate would exempt from income tax the first $2,400 of unemployment compensation that people receive in 2009. Because the exclusion reduces their taxable income, higher bracket taxpayers get a bigger break than those with lower incomes. And very low-income households that have no tax liability would get no benefit at all.

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What is the unemployment insurance trust fund, and how is it financed?

December 23, 2015 by tpcwebsite

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What is the unemployment insurance trust fund, and how is it financed?

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Unemployment insurance assists workers who become involuntarily unemployed and meet specified eligibility requirements. Unemployment insurance programs are run as federal-state partnerships financed through payroll taxes.

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