Something to remember when we are considering the the appropriate breadth of the safety net.
Link to What I learned being poor column
Meanwhile, the House Ways & Means Committee is considering a renewal of the Highway Trust Fund. To pay for it, they are going to allow underfunded pension plans to put off working the deficit so they will pay more in taxes for having higher income from not have the pension expense item from funding the pension. How is that prudent for the workers of those firms? And they are shifting money from from a fund that cleans up dirty ground from buried leaky oil & gasoline tanks. So they are working funding potholes while leaving mini-superfund sites underfunded. How is that a good idea?
I am glad they are working on the Highway Trust Fund but wouldn't raising the gasoline tax be a better idea.
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