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On any given day, Groundwork's analyses, op-eds, reports, and commentary are featured in leading publications and on the most influential news programs and podcasts.
On any given day, Groundwork's analyses, op-eds, reports, and commentary are featured in leading publications and on the most influential news programs and podcasts.
Lindsay Owens, the executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, said in a recent report: "It's really clear that a modest tax increase on millionaires—like the Fair Share Act—is just vastly preferable to the alternative, draconian budget cuts that are going to hit families hard."
American families pay the price of stifled growth and creeping inflation while corporations rake it in amidst havoc in Middle East.
"It's clearly suboptimal policy," Alex Jacquez, who worked in the Biden White House's National Economic Council and now is a top aide at the liberal think tank Groundwork Collaborative, said of both proposals.
Adding insult to injury: there is some evidence, according to the progressive think tank Groundwork Collaborative, big corporations are taking advantage of all the confusion to impose inflationary price hikes in order to boost their own profits.
President’s FY27 budget slashes programs that help families cover everyday costs to pour half-a-trillion into the Iran war and Pentagon as Americans’ trust in Trump’s economic agenda hits record lows.
After February’s losses, March gains do little to reverse a slowing and unstable labor market.
Executive Director of Groundwork Action Lindsay Owens: “One year ago, Trump claimed his tariffs would ‘lower prices for consumers.’ We all know the reality: the opposite has happened. The Joint Economic Committee suggests his tariffs have cost families an average of $1,700 already and are slated to raise costs by another $2,500 per family this year alone.”
One year on, working families see “Liberation Day” for what it really was: another destructive Trump policy that raised costs when Americans asked for relief.
Groundwork Collaborative and American Economic Liberties Project fact sheet details how the Trump administration’s chaotic tariff regime became a game of closed-door dealings and Trump favoritism.
But Walmart can’t afford to sit idly by with such a pointed critique by Groundwork Collaborative’s executive director Lindsay Owens circulating with over 200k views, according to the organization.