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• Dan Kaufman on North American Free Trade Agreement and Presidential Elections

  AS I MENTIONED, THERE IS A STUDY FROM THE ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE THAT DID CONTROL FOR THAT AND FOUND THAT ON AVERAGE, AMERICANS WITHOUT A COLLEGE DEGREE LOSE ABOUT $2000 A YEAR FROM TRADE WITH LOW-WAGE COUNTRIES. CONTROLLING FOR THE LOWER COST OF CONSUMER GOODS. IN OTHER WORDS, I DON’T THINK IT IS A NET BENEFIT FOR MOST PEOPLE. HOWEVER, A SEGMENT OF SOCIETY HAS GROWN A LOT WEALTHIER BECAUSE OF THESE AGREEMENTS.

  C-SPAN Washington Journal October 21, 2024
• Trump’s Threat EXPOSED Over Dangerous Elimination Plot

  “State governments across the US are taking steps to eliminate protections for minors as rates of child labor violations, injuries and chronic school absenteeism rise, according to a report released on Wednesday. The report by Governing for Impact, the Economic Policy Institute, and Child Labor Coalition proposes actions the Biden-Harris administration can take in response to a recent surge in child labor violations around the country and a trend of some states passing legislation that rolls back state-level child labor protections.

  The Damage Report October 21, 2024
• Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers uses faulty data to warn of big job losses from EV transition

  Our sources

  Phone interview with Adam Hersh, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute

  Politifact October 21, 2024
• Inflation is a shock we’re still getting over. Could it decide this election?

  And pay has been generally rising, rising faster than inflation for 16 months in a row, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Wage growth has, the EPI says, been strongest for lower-wage workers. 

  Atlanta Journal Constitution October 21, 2024
• On Overtime Pay, Trump Left Millions Behind as President. Project 2025 Would Weaken it More.

  Project 2025 calls for undoing the Biden administration’s overtime pay expansions and also proposes ways for employers to avoid paying it to those who do qualify, eroding its status as a bedrock labor protection. 

  In each of Project 2025’s overtime provisions, “Workers do not get any additional benefits. It is only employers who get additional benefits,” said Heidi Shierholz, an economist with Economic Policy Institute Action, a nonpartisan advocacy group focused on economic issues. Employers are granted various ways to avoid paying extra for extra work while benefiting from a worker’s labor. “It is an extremely anti-overtime agenda,” she said.

  Capital & Main October 21, 2024
• What it means to be wealthy in the U.S.

  The Economic Policy Institute though, believes that to be in the top 1% of…[paywall].

  Forbes October 21, 2024
• Trump’s and Harris’ stances on trade, from NAFTA to USMCA

  Paywall.

  Sinclair Broadcast Group October 21, 2024
• Child labor violations on the rise, problem could get worse: report

  Along with those in the industry pushing for less child labor protections, legislators in more than 30 states have taken steps to weaken them since 2021, Governing for Impact, the Economic Policy Institute and Child Labor Coalition wrote in their report.

  NewsNation October 21, 2024
• Minimum wage is on the ballot in 5 states this November. Here’s how the votes could go

  “Since 2014, 12 states have passed minimum wage increases through ballot measures,” Martinez Hickey told CNBC.

  In many states, he added, “a statewide ballot initiative is the only plausible pathway, because conservative legislatures have failed to raise the wage.”

  CNBC October 21, 2024
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