Five red flags in Trump's taxes - POLITICO

The Joint Committee on Taxation says in a report released this week by Democrats that there are multiple issues that the IRS should be examining...

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/22/red-flags-trump-taxes-00075198

Fact check: Claims on Nancy Pelosi's in-flight bar tab are unfounded

Pelosi does not drink alcohol...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/03/10/fact-check-claims-nancy-pelosis-flight-bar-tab-unfounded/6937908002/

Report: Government spending on testing and tracing pays for itself more than 30 times over - Axios

Government spending on testing and contact tracing pays for itself more than 30 times over, according to a new paper published by the American Medical Association.....
https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-testing-investment-eca1e901-8cbe-4015-b77a-594e4dc6c16d.html

It takes a $300,000 salary to be middle class in cities like San Francisco and NYC, and a financial expert gives the 'sad' breakdown of why - Business Insider

A standard middle class home in some San Francisco neighborhoods can cost upwards of $1.8M. Sam Dogen spent 13 years working in finance on Wall Street before negotiating his layoff (and a severance package) in 2012 at age 34. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and baby and runs the blog Financial Samurai. He says that in order to comfortably raise a family in an expensive coastal city like San Francisco or New York, a household must earn at least $300,000 a year.....
https://www.financialsamurai.com/living-a-middle-class-lifestyle-on-300000-year-expensive-city/

Gunshot Wounds Cost Us Nearly $1 Billion in Hospital Bills Every Year - Mother Jones: Study

Researchers have long known that the impacts of gun violence ripple out far beyond victims and their families. But the price we pay as a country can be hard to measure, because data is hard to come by. (And the National Rifle Association is working hard to keep it that way.) ....
https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2019/01/study-gunshot-wounds-cost-us-nearly-1-billion-in-hospital-bills-every-year/

Trump administration proposes further dismantling of Affordable Care Act through Medicare - The Washington Post

Health officials say ACA care-coordination program is driving up Medicare expenses. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-administration-proposes-further-dismantling-of-affordable-care-act-through-medicare/2018/08/09/cdf919f6-9c1a-11e8-843b-36e177f3081c_story.html

He went to an in-network emergency room. He still ended up with a $7,924 bill - Vox:

You can't avoid surprise medical bills even with a "PhD in surprise billing." ....
https://www.vox.com/2018/5/23/17353284/emergency-room-doctor-out-of-network

Woman Loses It After Realizing Amazon Charged Her $1,000 To Ship Paper Plates - VICE

Should have kept the password to her ex-roommate's Prime account like the rest of us.....
https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/8xenm4/woman-loses-it-after-realizing-amazon-charged-her-dollar1000-to-ship-paper-plates

'Serious derelictions' found in US veteran affairs chief's Europe trip: report -- Raw Story

U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin improperly accepted tickets to the Wimbledon tennis tournament during a government trip to Europe last summer, and his chief of staff made false statements so the secretary's wife could travel at government expense, the inspector general reported on Wednesday. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/serious-derelictions-found-us-veteran-affairs-chiefs-europe-trip-report/

This obscure agency could soon raise your electric bill -- Salon

Editor's note: On or before Dec. 11, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is expected to take action on a controversial proposal by Energy Secretary Rick Perry that seeks to prevent noncompetitive coal and nuclear power plants from retiring prematurely. Depending on how such a rule is structured, analyses have estimated that it could cost ratepayers in affected regions up to several billion dollars yearly. ....
https://www.salon.com/2017/12/09/this-obscure-agency-could-soon-raise-your-electric-bill_partner/

What Living On $100,000 A Year Looks Like -- NPR

On paper, $100,000 a year is well-off. But for several households around the country, it often takes just one major expense for that to not feel like enough: student loans, childcare or housing costs. ....
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/03/567602293/what-living-on-100-000-a-year-looks-like

What my gross income of 60000€/year is actually used on in Europe, Austria [OC] - dataisbeautiful

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/7h2idb/what_my_gross_income_of_60000year_is_actually/