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March 16, 2017  |  By Mike Reis In Inequality, Pulaski Explainer, Taxes

Pulaski Explainer: Trump’s Taxes and How Effective Tax Rates Punish Pulaski

Last night, President Trump’s 2005 1040 form (his tax return) was released to the public. From various reports, including the White House, the numbers contained in that report appear accurate. Assuming those numbers are accurate, let’s take a look at the taxes then “billionaire” businessman Donald Trump paid in 2005. While you’ll see lots of […]

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March 12, 2017  |  By Mike Reis In Education, Inequality, Pulaski Explainer

Pulaski Explainer: Local Effects of the ACA Repeal

One of the challenges communities like Pulaski face is getting people, especially young people, to consider moving to and staying here. One of the biggest challenges for people seeking to move here, I can tell you from personal experience, is finding affordable healthcare. When I left my job in New York, our family’s monthly COBRA […]

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March 8, 2017  |  By Timothy Goff In Inequality, Maps, Technology

Benefits and distribution of broadband access

This post is the first in a series of blog posts which will attempt to identify barriers to access to broadband Internet and other technologies vital in today’s economy. In 2011, my soon to be wife and I decided to move back to her home town here in Pulaski. I had a good job with a government […]

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