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Losing the popular vote but winning the White House? Here's why that combo has historically meant bigger deficits, not smaller government. 🧵
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (1675+ words) Voters cast their ballots on November 5, 2024 in Jefferson, New Hampshire. Supply-Side Supremacy and "Starve the Beast" The Theory: The core tenet shifted from "balance the budget first" to "cut taxes to stimulate growth". Proponents argue that lower tax rates generate…...
The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (1727+ words) Russell Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs in July. In mid-July testimony before Congress, Russell Vought boasted that, as the acting head of the Consumer…...
Latino Labor Power Is Surging. Advocates Say Labor Day Must Also Confront Injustice.
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (1681+ words) Low angle view of male construction workers framing a new house WASHINGTON — As the nation pauses today to mark Labor Day 2026, a glaring spotlight is shining on the massive economic influence, historical legacy, and evolving challenges of the Latino labor…...
NAACP Warns Data Center Boom Could Hurt WV Communities
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (1738+ words) Aerial view of a large Google Data Center "The water and sewer bills in West Virginia are already among the highest in the country and electricity bills have been increasing in West Virginia due to higher demands on the power…...
Corporate profits nearly doubled since 1982. Labor's share of GDP hit a record low. Here's the 40-year data trail on trickle-down economics.
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1699+ words) The theory of trickle-down economics was conceived in an era of localized economies. It failed primarily because its core mechanism—reinvesting tax savings into the domestic economy—was short-circuited by U.S. outbound foreign investment and global financial integration. From…...
They Build America, Then Get Pushed Out — Why This Pattern Keeps Repeating
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1726+ words) An opinion essay traces America's cycle of welcoming immigrants and communities of color for labor, then excluding them once they gain power. The politics of exclusion is the deliberate use of power to push certain communities out of the American…...
Both Parties Are Selling Economic Promises They Can’t Keep
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1638+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, left, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Trump congratulated Mamdani on his election win as the two political opponents…...
America’s Housing Crisis Is a Structural Problem. Can Congress Fix It?
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1619+ words) America’s housing affordability crisis is rooted in a severe shortage of homes, restrictive zoning and rising costs. Can Congress’s new housing law fix the foundation? My wife and I recently moved into a charming Victorian house built in 1879, when Rutherford…...
How the Trade Truce Could Reshape U.S. Manufacturing and Supply Chains
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1646+ words) USA and China trade relations, cooperation strategy. US America and China flags on chess king on a chessboard. This nonpartisan policy brief, written by an ACE fellow, is republished by The Fulcrum as part of our partnership with the Alliance…...
From the Great Compression to the Great Divide: How Trickle-Down Economics Transformed America’s Middle Class
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1613+ words) How tax cuts, deregulation and weakened unions helped shift the U.S. from the postwar Great Compression to today’s Great Divide—and examine the Gomory-Baumol corporate tax proposal as an alternative. Trickle-down policies facilitated the transition from the mid-20th century "Great Compression…...