Are Democrats Backing "Slopulist" Tax Cuts?

About this episode

Ben Ritz discusses the implications of new tax cut proposals for the Democratic Party.

This week on Facing the Future, Ben Ritz, Vice President of Policy Development at the Progressive Policy Institute, discusses why new tax cut proposals have him wondering whether Democrats learned the wrong lesson from 2024.

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Guest: Ben Ritz

Topics covered

• tax cuts
• Democrats
• policy development

Keywords

• Progressive Policy Institute
• 2024 elections

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