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Demian Brady
Demian Brady is vice president of Research at the National Taxpayers Union Foundation.
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Media reports on the IRS’s Direct File pilot program tend to repeat a few key talking points: claiming that the program is “free,” widely accessible, and popular with taxpayers. But these misleadingly rosy narratives overlook serious flaws with the program…
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Demian Brady | Dec 3, 2024
When President Joe Biden leaves the White House on Jan. 20, he will be entitled to an annual presidential pension equivalent to a sitting cabinet secretary’s salary: $246,400. That’s already generous but, thanks to a quirk in the law, taxpayers…