Megan Slack

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Megan Slack

Associate Director of Digital Content for the Office of Digital Strategy

Megan Slack is the Associate Director of Digital Content in the Office of Digital Strategy. She joined the White House from the online communications team at the Center for American Progress. She also served as deputy finance director and scheduler on a congressional race in Houston, Texas during the 2008 election cycle, and interned at The Huffington Post. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from American University in Washington, D.C., where she served as editor in chief of the school newspaper, The Eagle.

Megan Slack's Posts

Economy

President Obama Wants You to Know How Your Tax Dollars Are Spent

April 6, 2012 at 10:58 AM EDT

The Federal Taxpayer Receipt shows how your tax dollars are being spent.

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Buffett Rule

By the Numbers: $0

April 4, 2012 at 3:47 PM EDT

In 2009, 1,470 people who made more than $1 million paid $0 in federal income tax.

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Economy

Your 2011 Federal Taxpayer Receipt

April 4, 2012 at 9:14 AM EDT

Enter a few pieces of information about your taxes, and the federal taxpayer receipt will give you a breakdown of how your tax dollars are spent on priorities like education, veterans benefits, or health care.

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Energy and Environment

Five Reasons to Repeal Subsidies for Oil Companies

March 29, 2012 at 11:57 AM EDT

In 2011 the three largest U.S. oil companies made a combined profit of more than $80 billion. After nearly 100 years of subsidies, President Obama thinks it’s time oil companies get by without more help from taxpayers who are already having a tough time filling up their tank

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Education

Building the Workforce of the Future at Community Colleges

March 28, 2012 at 2:49 PM EDT

Dr. Jill Biden and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis tour community colleges that are training workers for jobs with local businesses looking to hire workers with specific skill sets.

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Energy and Environment

Invest in a Clean Energy Future by Ending Fossil Fuels Subsidies

March 26, 2012 at 10:38 AM EDT

Instead of subsidizing the fossil fuels of the last century by giving away $4 billion of taxpayer money each year to oil companies that are more profitable than ever, we should be investing in a clean energy future--especially when gas prices are high and drivers, whose budgets are already stretched thin, are feeling the pain at the pump.

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Health Care

From the Archives: 22 Pens

March 23, 2012 at 4:32 PM EDT

A look back at the preparations that were made in the White House before President Obama actually signed the Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010.

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Health Care

The Affordable Care Act at Two Years

March 23, 2012 at 3:29 PM EDT

A wrap-up of this week's coverage marking the two-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.

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Health Care

By the Numbers: 100 Percent

March 23, 2012 at 11:55 AM EDT

Because of the Affordable Care Act, insurers are banned from denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions, and beginning in 2014, that ban will prevent insurers from discriminating against anyone based on their medical history

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Energy and Environment

Expanding Our Oil and Gas Pipeline Infrastructure

March 22, 2012 at 4:00 PM EDT

Increased oil and gas production is outpacing our nation's pipeline capacity, and causing bottlenecks in places like Cushing, Oklahoma that slow our ability to further increase oil supplies when gas prices are high and we need it the most.

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