Free Beacon Ali Meyer

Ali Meyer is a staff writer with the Washington Free Beacon covering economic issues that expose government waste, fraud, and abuse. Prior to the Free Beacon, she was a multimedia reporter with CNSNews.com where her work appeared on outlets such as Drudge Report and Fox News. She also interned with the Heritage Foundation and Pacific Research Institute. Her Twitter handle is @DJAliMeyer, and her email address is meyer@freebeacon.com.


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Washington, D.C., Second in Nation For Highest Individual Income Taxes Per Capita

New York, Connecticut, Maryland, and Massachusetts also rank in top five

Food Stamps

Food Stamp Beneficiaries Dip Below 45 Million for First Time in Nearly Five Years

Individuals on program declined by 483,306 from previous month

UnitedHealth Will Cut Obamacare Exchanges to Only Handful of States

Company expects losses to total more than $1 billion from this year and last

Americans Earning Six Figures or More Pay Nearly 80% of Individual Income Taxes

These earners represent only 16% of individual income tax filers

More Than Half of Americans Believe They Pay Too Much in Taxes

Forty-seven percent say their tax bill is unfair

Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs Outpacing Costs Covered by Insurance

From 2004 to 2014, payments towards deductibles rose 256% while payments for copays fell by 26%

John Koskinen

IRS Commissioner: Flat Tax Would Be Simpler, Save Agency a Lot of Money

Koskinen urged lawmakers to approve more funds for the IRS

UnitedHealth Announces Exits in Two State Obamacare Markets

Leaving these exchanges could help the company boost profits next year

Janet Yellen, Ben Bernanke, Paul Volcker

Former, Current Fed Chairs Emphasize Limitations of Monetary Policy

Volcker, Greenspan, Bernanke, Yellen spoke at New York event

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$1.48 Trillion: Government Collects Record-High Taxes in First Half of FY 2016

Despite collecting record revenues, government still runs $461 billion deficit