Multiple conflicts of interest: Elon Musk’s dalliance in government may cost him and investors billions in federal contracts – Karl Polzer/CCSE “By directing a high-powered federal agency working to alter the size…
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CCSE work on Social Security and Retirement Savings Issues – updated January 2025
Thanks to the Virginian-Pilot for running our op-ed: Many questions, few answers about exempting tips from taxes – Karl Polzer/Virginian-Pilot “Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s proposal to exempt tipped income from state taxes — like President-elect…
Statement to 11/20/24 US House Appropriations Committee hearing on Social Security: A way to ensure Social Security can meet short- and long-term promises to American workers and their families: Bend the cost…
A ‘conservative/progressive’ path to Social Security solvency: bend the benefit cost curve, grow revenue, and protect lower earners – CCSE The next President and Congress will face daunting fiscal issues. In the…
Congress should protect consumers from both high credit card interest rates and transaction fees – Karl Polzer The nation’s biggest banks in effect have become today’s payday lenders. “The U.S. (quietly) lets…
Four ‘low-budget’ ways Congress can help working-class families raise more children – Karl Polzer/ Washington Examiner op-ed – Expand the child tax credit to help more working-class parents and grandparents raising kids.–…
After the Senate blocks fix in election-tinted vote, the child tax credit remains unfair to low-wage families raising kids – CCSE letter
Can J.D. Vance help the little guy? – Karl Polzer/CCSE The GOP’s Big Working-Class Bet – Ruy Teixeira/AEI
Houses in America Now Cost Six Times the Median Income – Visual Capitalist Eating away available income, the rising cost of housing is a hot point for US voters – Karl Polzer/CCSE…