Facing the Future

Are Democrats Backing "Slopulist" Tax Cuts?

Facing the Future

Show Notes

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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