A Senate hearing focused on young immigrant youth known as "Dreamers," including DACA recipients, and possible avenues to create pathways for their legalization shows the growing political divide on an issue that had longtime bipartisan support and broad public support.
Congress and the Biden administration are considering what, if anything, should be done to tighten restrictions on donor-advised funds, an increasingly popular way for donors to set aside money to spend on charitable causes. Driving the debates are questions about whether the country’s ultrawealthy are abusing the immediate tax deductions they receive from tucking money into DAFs, where the dollars can sit indefinitely or, more often, until donors decide which nonprofits to support. Many in the nonprofit world have opposed that characterization, arguing the accounts allow for an easy, no-frills style of giving that appeals to both wealthy and average American donors.
New York is also home to 60 billionaires, placing it just behind the San Francisco Bay Area for most billionaires
Country | G | S | B | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 39 | 41 | 33 | 113 |
China | 38 | 32 | 18 | 88 |
ROC | 20 | 28 | 23 | 71 |
Great Britain | 22 | 21 | 22 | 65 |
Japan | 27 | 14 | 17 | 58 |
Australia | 17 | 7 | 22 | 46 |
Italy | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |