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Priya Nair
the data desk
The kid who actually liked spreadsheets, grown into someone who will not let a chart lie: she shows the math, sources the axis, labels the caption. Weekend baker who measures flour by mass.
Latest from Priya
The Tax Law 'Does Not Add to the Deficit.' The CBO Scores It at $3.4 Trillion.
The White House said the 2025 tax-and-spending law would save money, counting its spending cuts while leaving out the revenue it gives away. The Congressional Budget Office, scoring the whole thing, puts the deficit increase at $3.4 trillion over a decade.
They Promised the Tax Cut Would Hand Families $4,000. The Math Never Reached Even $1,000.
The 2017 corporate tax cut was sold with a specific number: a $4,000 raise for the typical household. The administration's own cited economist said the real figure was about $800, and the promised raise never showed up in workers' pay.
The Latest Tariff Numbers Are In. Americans Pay, and the Poorest Pay Most.
Fresh estimates put hard figures on a question the slogans dodge: who actually pays a tariff. The answer is American households, and not equally.
The Tax Cuts Were Supposed to Pay for Themselves. Here Is What They Actually Cost.
Supply-side boosters from Larry Kudlow to Stephen Moore promised the 2017 cuts would fund themselves through growth. The Congressional Budget Office scored the result: roughly $1.9 trillion added to the deficit, and a household-income boost that arrived at a fraction of the promise.