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Why It’ll Be Tough for Republicans to Cancel Student Debt Cancellation

There are significant legal hurdles, and if Democrats implement debt forgiveness quickly, significant political ones as well.

by Dan Netter September 8, 2022

Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, the agency now has funding for significant IT upgrades—but the devil is in the details.

by David Dayen August 30, 2022

There are a lot of ways the government can mess this up.

The big winner in the eleventh-hour concessions to Kyrsten Sinema was the private equity industry.

TAP

Today on TAP: Amazingly, the package includes provisions that have long eluded progressives.

No more Trump cronies overseeing the tax authority

by Robert Kuttner May 24, 2022

… Large-scale civil disobedience could ensue. One tactic: mass tax revolt.

Ninety-eight percent of hotel workers were laid off when the pandemic hit. Real estate investors smelled an opportunity.

The Congressional Budget Office is restricted from scoring additional tax enforcement as yielding stronger tax collection.

by David Dayen October 8, 2021

The Education Department’s changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program can serve as a powerful lesson.