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Nearly 6 in 10 American workers saw their wages grow more quickly than inflation in the past year, according to a new analysis from the Center for American Progress (CAP), a left-leaning think tank. Some 57 percent of workers earned higher inflation-adjusted wages in November compared to one year earlier, the analysis found. This represents a larger share of workers than the average before the COVID-19 pandemic, between 2017 and 2019. “In fact, real wages for a typical worker stand at about the level expected if there had been no pandemic or recession in early 2020 and if they had...

Michelle Obama delivered a one-hour speech at a tech fair in Munich, Germany, earning a staggering sum of nearly $750,000. The former first lady received this substantial compensation for addressing a startup event held alongside the famous Oktoberfest beer festival, according to sources closely connected to the conference organizers, the Daily Mail reported. The Bits & Pretzels conference spanned three days, offering a platform for founders of both national and international companies to share their journey to success.

During an appearance on this week’s broadcast of “Sunday Morning Futures,” Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) endorse his California colleague Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for the House of Representatives speakership. According to Issa, McCarthy had “earned” the job. “Has any progress been made with respect to some concessions or some dealmaking behind the scenes where you think, on Tuesday, he could win this vote outright?” “Sunday Morning Futures” fill-in host Jackie DeAngelis asked.

It’s clear that Generation Z has earned a seat at the table. We’ve led the social movements that have shaped our current politic climate and helped elect President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris into office. Our growing political power is driven by our unique perspective on the future as we ask ourselves: What does the future hold? Too often, as young people we are underestimated due to our age, but in reality many of us have years of experience and our youth and age is not a detriment, but an asset providing our perspective as members of the...

(CNSNews.com) – Speaking at the United States Conference of Mayors on Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the approximately 11 million people who are in the country illegally have “earned the right to be citizens.”

Michael Savage - Obama Never Earned Anything in His Life! - 7/16/12

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WASHINGTON, May 31, 2006 – An act signed into law May 29 by President Bush solves a conflict in the tax code by allowing servicemembers who serve in a combat zone to still contribute to their individual retirement accounts, a Defense Department official said here today. The Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow servicemembers to include tax-exempt combat zone pay in determining the allowable income tax deduction for contributions to retirement savings plans, said Army Lt. Col. Janet Fenton, executive director of the Armed Forces Tax Council. The tax code requires a certain amount...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Nearly 2,000 state employees earned more than $132,000 last year, according to a newspaper report. That's up from 1,194 in 2003 and 1,021 in 2002. The state controller's office provided data on the state's highest paid employees to the San Francisco Chronicle. As a group, the state's top 20 best-paid employees earned $6.2 million in 2004, up 9 percent from 2003 and up 20 percent from 2002. "Whenever you see such significant increases in such a short amount of time, it is a red flag," said Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, a...

Mon Nov 1, 1:11 PM ET Along with a Wisconsin 'cheesehead' cowboy hat, a young woman wears a shirt showing her support for the Republican Party during a rally for President George W. Bush (news - web sites) in Milwaukee, November 1, 2004. Bush and Democratic nominee John Kerry (news - web sites) are making a final push through a handful of crucial swing states today in a last-ditch hunt for the votes that could break open a deadlocked White House race. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Court upholds earned income tax credit By Carmel Perez Snyder Capitol Bureau Oklahoma's earned income tax credit statute is constitutional, according to a ruling Tuesday by the state Supreme Court. Oklahoma City resident Jerry R. Fent had challenged the constitutionality of the statute, which provides tax credits to lower-income residents. "I'll have to confer with my attorney, Bob Keel, after reading the opinion," Fent said. "I can't see how they can legalize giving gifts to people who have never paid taxes. They are not taxpayers. This is simply transferring wealth from one private individual to another." Chief Justice Joseph Watt,...

<p>DOBBS: John, let's turn to another issue for this administration, and that's how to deal with the estimated 10 million illegal aliens in this country, tomorrow, the president to make a major policy speech on the issue. What's the White House saying now, John?</p>

<p>WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service plans to ask thousands of low-income people to submit proof this year that they qualify for a tax credit designed to lift working people out of poverty.</p> <p>A group of Senate Democrats say they will not confirm President Bush's nominee for IRS commissioner until they have assurances the new certification requirements will not be too burdensome.</p>