Every September, Americans fire up their grills, crack open a cold one, and celebrate Labor Day. But it didn’t start as an excuse to party, or buy mattresses at 30% off. It was born in the late 1800s, when workers sweated 12-hour days just to keep food on the table. Strikes turned bloody — most famously in Chicago at the Haymarket Riot — and demands for fair pay, safe conditions, and reasonable hours grew too loud to ignore.
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The Devil’s in the Deductions-Digging Into the “Big Beautiful Bill”
You already know the highlights: the Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) is Congress’s latest effort to stuff 10 pounds of tax cuts into a five-pound bag. It locks in most of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Marginal rates stay low. The standard deduction stays chunky. The qualified business income deduction lives to fight another day. Cue the confetti (and another round of Roth conversions while you’re at it).