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Fed, Trump Admin Fail to Lower Cost of Living

“President Trump may be yelling at Chair Powell on Twitter, but they have at least two things in common: steadfast allegiance to Wall Street and complete indifference to the economic pain of working families.”

January 29, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Kitty Richards on OMB Freeze: “A shocking power grab”

"This is exactly what Trump’s extremist allies planned for his presidency. Now they’re trying to make it a reality.”

January 28, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Lindsay Owens on Bessent Confirmation: “A billionaire hedge fund manager who doesn’t pay his own taxes is now Trump’s right-hand man”

“A billionaire hedge fund manager who doesn’t pay his own taxes is now Trump’s right-hand man for another massive tax break for the ultra-wealthy."

January 27, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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ICYMI: Groundwork’s Lindsay Owens Urges Policymakers to Enforce Price-Gouging Laws in Wake of “Jaw-Dropping” Rent Hikes in L.A.

Last week, Groundwork Collaborative Executive Director Lindsay Owens published a new op-ed in Rolling Stone urging California state and local lawmakers to crack down on predatory landlords profiting off of the wildfires by gouging rental prices.

January 23, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Lindsay Owens on Day One Executive Orders: “The American people deserve a serious plan to lower costs”

“President Trump’s cost of living executive order leaves one of the biggest sources of inflation—corporate profiteering—untouched. Perhaps that is to be expected from a president whose inauguration was adorned with the CEOs who profited handsomely from the inflation that cost American families so dearly."

January 20, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Lindsay Owens on Bessent Hearing: Billionaire tapped to oversee tax policy doesn’t even pay his own taxes

"The president-elect is stacking his cabinet with one goal in mind: more tax breaks for his billionaire boys club and major corporations.”

January 16, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Dr. Rakeen Mabud on December CPI: “President-elect Trump has shown no inclination to lower costs for families”

“Prices for essentials like groceries continue to rise but President-elect Trump has shown no inclination to lower costs for families. Instead, he’s working overtime to pass tax breaks for his billionaire buddies and giant corporations.”

January 15, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Lindsay Owens on Ways and Means Tax Hearing: “There is nothing here for the working class”

"Today, conservative lawmakers tried to rewrite the history of Trump’s 2017 tax law. Let’s set the record straight. Extending these tax breaks will put less than a dollar a day in the pockets of 75 million families, while the top 0.1% will take $314,000 to their wealth planners."

January 14, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Lindsay Owens on Musk’s DOGE Failure: “Americans see right through Musk’s scheme”

“President-elect Trump hasn’t even taken office and Elon Musk is already admitting failure on DOGE’s deeply unpopular and unrealistic agenda."

January 9, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Lindsay Owens on RealPage & Corporate Landlords: “Their price fixing has cost families billions”

“If these algorithmic pricing schemes aren’t stopped, RealPage and their co-conspirators will soon have a stranglehold over more units, pushing up rent for more families.”

January 8, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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