Economy

As the Senate moves forward with its version of the reconciliation bill, we can be sure that Democrats and the media will be characterizing Republican tax policy as “failed policies of the past.” As we saw throughout the legislative process for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017, attacks

In every tax debate, Democrats bring up the “fair share” argument but with no definition of fairness. As we found in research earlier in the year, people viewed the concept of “fair share” as more of an emotional argument to punish the wealthy rather than a specified rate. Two-thirds of

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