Preston is a research fellow for tax policy in The Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the federal budget.
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The bipartisan Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act might sound good on the surface. A closer look, however, reveals that the legislation is… Read More
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