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The same policy can help one household and cost another. Explore how 8 example policies across 4 categories could add up for a typical household in each income bracket. The policies are hypothetical and the dollar figures are made up to show the idea.

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Example impact by income bracket

  • Left of the line: costs the household
  • Right: household gains

Net per category, $/yr, illustrative

Under $25k

  • Taxes: −$290 per year

  • Healthcare: +$420 per year

  • Housing: +$40 per year

  • Employment: +$770 per year

$25k–$50k

  • Taxes: −$280 per year

  • Healthcare: +$650 per year

  • Housing: +$150 per year

  • Employment: +$300 per year

$50k–$75k

  • Taxes: −$220 per year

  • Healthcare: +$420 per year

  • Housing: +$240 per year

  • Employment: −$80 per year

$75k–$100k

  • Taxes: −$120 per year

  • Healthcare: +$100 per year

  • Housing: +$270 per year

  • Employment: −$90 per year

$100k+

  • Taxes: +$340 per year

  • Healthcare: −$290 per year

  • Housing: +$680 per year

  • Employment: −$120 per year

The 8 example policies behind the chart

Each card shows the bracket the policy affects most. Amounts are $ per year from the household’s side: + is a gain, − is a cost.

  • TaxesFederal example

    Income tax rate cut

    Hypothetical: lowers every federal income tax rate by one percentage point.

    +$1,200/yr

    $100k+ households

  • TaxesFederal example

    Tariff on imported goods

    Hypothetical: a new tax on most imported consumer goods, partly passed on to shoppers as higher prices.

    −$860/yr

    $100k+ households

  • HealthcareFederal example

    Premium subsidy extension

    Hypothetical: keeps larger premium tax credits for people who buy their own health insurance.

    +$690/yr

    $25k–$50k households

  • HealthcareFederal example

    Cap on tax-free health benefits

    Hypothetical: taxes the part of employer-paid health premiums above a set limit.

    −$380/yr

    $100k+ households

  • HousingFederal example

    Higher state and local tax deduction cap

    Hypothetical: raises the limit on property and other state and local taxes that itemizers can deduct.

    +$610/yr

    $100k+ households

  • HousingState example

    First-time homebuyer credit

    Hypothetical: a one-time credit for first-time buyers, spread here over all households in a bracket.

    +$220/yr

    $50k–$75k households

  • EmploymentState example

    Minimum wage increase

    Hypothetical: raises the state minimum wage in steps; higher pay for some, slightly higher prices for others.

    +$1,150/yr

    Under $25k households

  • EmploymentFederal example

    Work requirements for food aid

    Hypothetical: more adults who get food assistance must work, train or volunteer part-time to keep it.

    −$380/yr

    Under $25k households

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