relief payments

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Carden doesn’t want taxpayers on the hook for billions more in relief payments, so she proposes using the Defense Production Act as a solution.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

The program, which was announced in March, offers cash back on gas and weekly relief payments to the company’s delivery drivers as the conflict in the Middle East drives up gas prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The Internal Revenue Service will not collect federal taxes against state-issued inflation relief payments or tax refunds, the agency said Friday, a reprieve for tens of millions of taxpayers who received the subsidies.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

But federal relief payments put spending money in people’s pockets, labor markets rebounded and the deep downturn was short-lived.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2022

A final recommendation, taking issue with the broad reach of pandemic relief payments, is that financial interventions should be targeted using predictive analytic screening to identify unemployed workers who are most likely to become homeless.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2022