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TODAY: Poor People’s Campaign Hosts ‘Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly & Moral March on Washington D.C. and to the Polls’

Impacted poor and low-wage workers, advocates, and moral leaders will share testimony and uplift the campaign's 17-Point Agenda of policies and demands, which have the power to eliminate poverty and low wealth

June 29, 2024 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Bilal Baydoun on May PCE Data: “Chair Powell shouldn’t waste any more time”

“With zero price growth in May for both CPI and PCE, there is no reason to hold back on cutting interest rates. Chair Powell shouldn’t waste any more time. Families need relief from high housing and borrowing costs now.”

June 28, 2024 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Lindsay Owens Reacts to NEC Director’s Speech: “Director Brainard is exactly right: Corporations are keeping prices high as their costs come down”

“Director Brainard is exactly right: Corporations are keeping prices high as their costs come down. Corporate savings should translate to savings for consumers – not record-high profit margins.”

June 20, 2024 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Lindsay Owens Reacts to SCOTUS Decision in Moore v. United States: “There is nothing standing in Congress’s way”

“Today’s ruling is great news. Next year, there is truly nothing standing in Congress’s way to make the wealthy pay up.”

June 20, 2024 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Lindsay Owens Reacts to Warren Tax Speech: “Senator Warren just laid down a critical marker for the tax fight in 2025”

“Senator Warren just laid down a critical marker for the tax fight in 2025 – if Democrats do not want to get rolled by corporations once again, they must stiffen their spines and pursue a dramatically different approach. To build the America we want to see, we must finally force corporations and the wealthy to pay up.”

June 17, 2024 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Bilal Baydoun Concludes Special American Prospect Issue with “Taming the Pricing Beast”

Today, Groundwork Collaborative’s Director of Policy and Research Bilal Baydoun concluded The American Prospect’s sweeping special June issue, “How Pricing Really Works,” with his piece, “Taming the Pricing Beast.”

June 14, 2024 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork on New White House Memo on 2025 Tax Fight: “It’s time to reverse the damage”

“The Trump tax law was never intended to help everyday people. It served as a windfall for the wealthy and corporations – the same corporations that have jacked up prices and scored record profits. It’s time to reverse the damage."

June 13, 2024 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Bilal Baydoun Reacts to FOMC Decision: “Only one rate cut this year would be a major misstep”

“Only one rate cut this year would be a major misstep. Families need relief from high borrowing costs now. Chair Powell is making it harder for families to get by. Inflation has fallen dramatically – we had zero inflation in May.”

June 12, 2024 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Bilal Baydoun Reacts to May CPI Report: “The Fed cannot bring down housing prices by keeping interest rates higher for longer”

“The Fed cannot bring down housing prices by keeping interest rates higher for longer, but it can make rent and homeownership even more unaffordable for families. Waiting around will only delay the relief families need to get ahead. The time to cut rates is now.”

June 12, 2024 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Bilal Baydoun on FOMC: “We have to be honest about the profound limits of the Fed’s interest rate tool”

“Chair Powell has not made it clear how holding rates higher for longer will bring down housing prices. We have to be honest about the profound limits of the Fed’s interest rate tool and its potential harms, like making housing even less affordable. The time to cut rates is now. We can lower high housing costs for families and quash the threat of an economic slowdown.”

June 11, 2024 Groundwork Collaborative
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