President Biden’s push to pass his “Build Back Better” agenda through two major pieces of legislation — the bipartisan infrastructure bill, and the social spending and climate bill currently being considered through the reconciliation budget process — has drawn comparisons to the “Great Society” programs enacted under President Lyndon Johnson 60 years ago. But while …
The new Senate infrastructure bill represents the best of two-party legislating, with serious members in both chambers of Congress working to find substantive, targeted solutions to address a major national challenge that had gone unaddressed for decades. Contrary to the criticism that this deal was put together by just a handful of individuals, it is …
Sadek Wahba is the founder and managing partner of I Squared Capital, an independent multi-billion dollar global infrastructure investment company. In this episode, he discusses how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework will create new jobs, as well as the economic impact of both the bipartisan agreement and the Democratic spending package.
Hear from Commissioner Charles Rettig, who currently serves as the 49th Commissioner of the IRS. In this role, he presides over the nation’s tax system, collecting more than $3.5 trillion in tax revenue each year, which represents about 96% of the total gross receipts of the United States.
Steve Hanke is a professor of applied economics and founder and co-director of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise at the Johns Hopkins University. He is also director of the Troubled Currencies Project at the Cato Institute and a senior fellow at Cato’s Center for Monetary and Financial …
Steve Hanke Discusses the True Cost of the First 100 Days of Spending Read More »
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Ben Ginsberg is a nationally known elections lawyer. He served as national counsel to the Bush-Cheney presidential campaigns in the 2000 and 2004 election cycles and played a central role in the 2000 Florida recount. He was also appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as co-chair of the bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election Administration. …
Philip K. Howard is a lawyer and author who has written extensively on government and legal reform. He is also the founder of Common Good, a nonpartisan national coalition dedicated to restoring common sense to America by simplifying government. In this episode, he discusses President Biden’s proposed infrastructure plan.
Thomas Kahn is a Faculty Fellow at American University, an adjunct professor at George Washington University, and a senior consultant at the Cormac Group, a Washington public affairs group. In this episode, he discusses the federal budget, his area of expertise after serving for twenty years as staff director and chief counsel of the House …
In this episode, we hear from Dr. Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, where he directs economic research. He is also the lead director of Reinvestment Fund, one of the nation’s largest community development financial institutions, which makes investments in underserved communities. He discusses the rising risk of inflation and upcoming spending bills.
