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Pandemic-Era Tax Burden Changes

Changes in tax burdens during the pandemic era (2020-2022).

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Jan 25, 2026
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The economy of Trump’s versus Joe on a chart to see

A side-by-side look at the headline economic measures shows substantial overlap: average real GDP growth across the recent and years has been close to the mid-2 percent range, job creation and stock-m...

Jan 25, 2026
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What quarterly charts best show the pandemic’s impact versus policy effects on US GDP from 2017–2024?

Three types of quarterly charts give the clearest, complementary picture of how the and subsequent policy choices shaped GDP from 2017–2024: level series of real GDP to show the depth and recovery pat...

Feb 3, 2026

How did COVID-19 relief bills specifically affect the U.S. national debt totals from 2020–2021?

and related fiscal actions added roughly $5–5.6 trillion of fiscal support in 2020–2021 and drove federal deficits to peacetime highs — deficits of about 14.9 percent of GDP in 2020 and 12.4 percent i...

Jan 31, 2026

How have state and local governments tracked expenses related to election‑law suits since 2020?

Since 2020, state and local governments faced an unprecedented wave of —dozens of post‑election suits nationally—while their formal systems for tracking the legal and administrative costs tied to thos...

Jan 9, 2026

How has the tax burden distribution changed since 2010?

From 2010 to the mid-2020s the picture of who pays what in U.S. taxation has two clear threads: federal income and payroll tax liabilities fell for many households on average after major tax cuts, whi...