If you don’t mind vast inequality, where the rich amass ever larger fortunes, then the current kicker is for you.
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Women still make only 84 cents for every dollar men earn.
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Tax breaks — officially called “tax expenditures” — can either help heal the racial divide or worsen it. In other
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