Affordability is increasingly a daily concern for working families in West Virginia, including in the Eastern Panhandle, It's especially a concern for teachers and other government officials who have their health insurance paid through PEIA. Premium increases and eroding provider services are outpacing the higher cost of living in the EP. Those high costs are forcing many to leave the state and they're jeopardizing the health of our educational and community services. Emily Asif makes the argument for actual PEIA reform, not just promises from our representatives that they'll look into the problem.
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John Doyle speculates on how to make a flat tax adaptable so that it doesn't take a sizable chunk of a worker's earnings from they need to pay for critical everyday expenses. Maybe set a threshold below which the flat tax is exempt? Ideally that would be something like the prevailing poverty rate. Above that you pay tax, below it you don't. John goes on to consider the likelihood of such an adaptable tax passing the Republican legislature.
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John Doyle2025-12-19 10:27:202025-12-30 12:18:17The “Flat Tax: Stupid But Possibly Workable