Tag: Lobbying
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Congress built an AI task force, then sent it home. Bring it back – for good.
I found out something about Congress this week that blew my mind. I’ve been talking about how we need an AI task force in Congress for a few weeks now, so I started to do the research on how to make that happen. What I found was a 273-page report. Turns out the House built…
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Everybody says they love small businesses. Here are three things Congress could actually do.
Let’s talk about small businesses, because everybody running for office says they love Main Street, and almost nobody names one thing Congress could actually do for it. I’ll name three. The first one is swipe fees. Every time a customer taps a card, the card company and the bank take a cut of the sale…
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The benefits bill the gig companies wrote for themselves
Let’s talk about gig work. If you’re a writer like me who makes money posting on Facebook, or you drive for DoorDash, deliver for Uber Eats, clean houses through an app, do contract HVAC, or rent a chair to cut hair – any of the thousand kinds of 1099 work people here do to get…
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The IRS built a free way to file your taxes. Then it got killed.
Let’s talk about taxes! Fun! In 2024, the IRS built something useful. A free online tool called Direct File that let you file your federal taxes straight with the government. No fees. No upsells. You enter what you made, it does the math, you’re done. It’s gone now. As of this tax season, you can’t…