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The hourly wages of the bottom third of Americans are up by even more: over 40 percent. 0.800

👤 Noah Smith

Simplified: Hourly wages for the lowest-paid third of Americans have risen over 40%.

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4 months ago
Hourly wages, adjusted for inflation, are up substantially since the 1990s. 0.800

👤 Noah Smith

Simplified: Inflation-adjusted hourly wages have increased since the 1990s.

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Real median personal income has risen by 50 percent since the 1970s. 0.900

👤 Noah Smith

Simplified: Median personal income has increased 50% since the 1970s.

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America’s median disposable household income is about double that of Japan. 0.800

Simplified: US median disposable household income is about twice that of Japan.

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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s measure of median disposable household income in America was higher than in all but one advanced industrial economy as of 2021 — higher than... 0.900

👤 The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Simplified: In 2021, the OECD found that US median disposable household income was higher than most advanced economies except one.

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4 months ago
Maggie Haberman is a White House correspondent for The Times, reporting on President Trump. 1.000

Simplified: Maggie Haberman is a White House correspondent for The Times, reporting on President Trump.

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Alan Rappeport is an economic policy reporter for The Times, based in Washington. 1.000

Simplified: Alan Rappeport is an economic policy reporter for The Times, based in Washington.

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4 months ago
“Please enjoy a 70-minute early exit tomorrow. That way you’ll be rested for my 70th birthday on Monday!” Mr. Long wrote to staff on Thursday. 1.000

👤 Mr. Long

Simplified: Long wrote to staff offering a 70-minute early exit for his 70th birthday.

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4 months ago
He has also repeatedly sent emails to all I.R.S. employees allowing them to leave work early on Friday afternoon. 1.000

Simplified: Long repeatedly sent emails letting IRS employees leave early Friday.

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He placed two top I.R.S. officials on administrative leave, amplifying a post on social media about the need to “purge” the agency’s work force. 1.000

Simplified: Long placed two IRS officials on leave and amplified a post to purge the workforce.

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Over his short tenure at the tax agency, Mr. Long, a former auctioneer, traveled to meet with I.R.S. staff across the country and appeared at a National Auction Association conference. 1.000

Simplified: During his tenure, Long traveled to meet IRS staff and attended an auction conference.

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4 months ago
He did not have much background in tax policy beyond promoting a tax credit that the I.R.S. has warned was riddled with fraud, and while he was in Congress he supported legislation calling for the abo... 1.000

Simplified: Long lacked tax policy background and supported abolishing the IRS.

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4 months ago
Mr. Long had been an unusual choice to lead the I.R.S. 1.000

Simplified: Long was an unusual choice to lead IRS.

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4 months ago
One of the previous acting commissioners, an I.R.S. agent named Gary Shapley, was replaced within just a few days this spring after Mr. Bessent protested to Mr. Trump that Elon Musk had installed the... 1.000

👤 The New York Times

Simplified: Gary Shapley was replaced as acting commissioner after Bessent protested to Trump about Musk.

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4 months ago
Several acting commissioners quit earlier this year as the Trump administration leaned on the I.R.S. to its abandon its longstanding protections of taxpayer information and share data with immigration... 1.000

Simplified: Acting commissioners quit because Trump wanted IRS to share taxpayer data with immigration.

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4 months ago
More than 25,000 people have left the agency under Mr. Trump, roughly a quarter of the staff it had at the start of January, according to the Treasury’s inspector general for tax administration. 1.000

👤 Treasury’s inspector general for tax administration

Simplified: Over 25,000 people left the IRS under Trump, a quarter of the staff.

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Management turmoil has engulfed the I.R.S. under the Trump administration. 1.000

Simplified: The IRS has experienced management turmoil under the Trump administration.

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4 months ago
Mr. Bessent was supportive of Mr. Long and had pushed the Senate to confirm him, which it did in June along party lines, another one of the people said. 1.000

👤 another one of the people

Simplified: Bessent supported Long and pushed for his Senate confirmation, which happened in June.

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He told tax practitioners last month that the agency’s all-important filing season would start later than usual next year, a statement that the I.R.S. later said was premature. 1.000

👤 Billy Long

Simplified: Long said filing season would start later, IRS said it was premature.

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Mr. Long had remarked to some colleagues that he had to ask Mr. Bessent for permission for everything he did at the I.R.S., two of the people said. 1.000

👤 two of the people

Simplified: Long said he needed Bessent's permission for everything at IRS.

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