Economy

As tariffs send shockwaves through the global economy, one of the areas of policy debate is about the future of manufacturing jobs. Tariff advocates want to see those jobs brought back to the US, while many tariff critics say many of those jobs could be automated so the negative impact

In our latest survey for Winning the Issues (April 8-10), we looked at where people were in determining their views about tariffs. As the global markets have been in chaos, have voters already formed conclusions about the efficacy of tariffs, or are they still evaluating? Among the overall electorate, views

Tariffs have rocked the markets this week, and we are nowhere close to a resolution. From our new survey for Winning the Issues (April 8-10), here are three things we are seeing so far: 1. The economic impact is widely felt. One of the rationales of the White House has been that

As the tax debate progresses, we will hear more about federal tax revenues, and the extent to which current levels of revenues are sufficient or if tax increases are needed. Democrats are saying that Republican tax cuts have deprived the federal government of needed revenues. Let’s take a look at

Washington is in an uproar over DOGE’s cost-cutting measures, but the inconvenient truth is that the federal government never returned to pre-COVID spending levels after the pandemic was over. Former President Biden announced COVID was over on September 18, 2022. On April 10, 2023, he signed the termination of the COVID-19 national emergency