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The IRS issued updated life-expectancy tables for RMD calculations effective for 2025 (Tables I–III in Publication 590‑B) and those tables change the “distribution period” (life‑expectancy) factors us...
Converting traditional IRA money to a Roth IRA can reduce the portion of your Social Security benefits that is taxed because qualified Roth withdrawals do not count toward the “combined income” the IR...
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania does not tax Social Security benefits at the state level, but the federal government can and does tax a portion of Social Security benefits for many recipients dependi...
Inflation during Donald Trump’s first term (2017–2021) remained low and stable, averaging roughly 1.9–2.5% year‑over‑year and dipping to 1.2% in 2020 amid the COVID downturn, according to multiple ret...
The most reliable headline measure for 2025 shows U.S. consumer prices rose roughly 3.0 percent over the year: the Joint Economic Committee summary reports CPI-U inflation for fiscal year 2025 at 3.01...
New York State does not tax Social Security benefits for residents: Social Security (including Tier 1 railroad and disability benefits) that appear on federal adjusted gross income can be subtracted w...
Independent data and contemporaneous analysis show mixed effects from Trump administration policies enacted in 2025: headline inflation has eased from 2024 peaks but remained above the Fed’s 2 percent...
The map of America’s wealthiest counties is dominated by suburbs of tech and federal government hubs: recent reporting and compilations place Loudoun County, VA, and Bay‑Area counties such as San Mate...
Inflation rose sharply during President Biden’s term, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increasing about 21.5% from January 2021 through January 2025 and average annual inflation near 5% over those ...
Annual CPI inflation averaged roughly 1.9% across Donald Trump’s 2017–2020 term and averaged near 5% across Joe Biden’s 2021–2024 term, reflecting a quiet pre‑pandemic period under Trump and a sharp p...
For 2026, the fixed IRS “combined income” thresholds that determine whether Social Security benefits become taxable remain unchanged — $25,000 for single filers and $32,000 for married filing jointly ...
Charitable “overhead” rankings depend on which metric is used, and none of the provided sources supply a definitive, sourced list naming specific US charities with the absolute in 2024; watchdogs do, ...
The answer depends on what "pay" means: measured as a share of total income-tax revenue, the richest 1 percent account for roughly a quarter to over a third of income-tax receipts in common analyses; ...
Red and blue states differ in SNAP and TANF participation mainly because of population size, poverty rates, and state policy choices: large-population states (California, New York, Texas, Florida) acc...
Monthly CPI inflation during Donald Trump’s first term was generally low and stable, clustering around 1–2% annualized year‑over‑year rates until the COVID shock in 2020 when inflation briefly fell; m...
Inflation peaked at 9.1% in the 12 months ending June 2022 during the Biden presidency and Investopedia calculates Biden’s average year‑over‑year inflation at about 4.95% . Reporting from multiple out...
Consumer prices as measured by the ’ Consumer Price Index are lower now than the peak of 2022 but not dramatically lower than the year immediately before ’s return to office; the 12‑month CPI was abou...
The Social Security “break-even” age is the point when the cumulative dollars you’d receive by delaying benefits catch up with the cumulative dollars from claiming earlier; most mainstream analyses pu...
New Mexico, Oregon and West Virginia appear among the states with the highest per‑capita SNAP participation in 2024–25: New Mexico’s share is reported at about 21.2–21.5% of residents, Oregon around 1...
Federal SNAP spending is concentrated in the largest states by population: California alone receives over $1 billion per month in SNAP benefits, while nearly 42 million people nationwide participate a...