Daily Clips: September 2nd, 2016

Daily Clips: September 2nd, 2016

Your tax money is subsidizing Wall Street bonuses At a time when Congress claims there isn’t even the money to fund an emergency federal response to the outbreak of the Zika virus in the United states, the top 20 Wall Street firms claimed over $725 million in tax benefits since 2012—enough to fund about 70 percent of the Zika package that failed in the Senate earlier this summer. Brooks criticizes Donald Trump for running on identity politics Human beings are too complicated to be defined by skin color, income or citizenship status. Those who try to reduce politics to these identities do real violence to national life. Where was this condemnation of identity politics thirty years ago, one wonders? Presidential debate moderators announced : 1) Lester Holt 2)  Martha Raddatz and Anderson Cooper and 3) Chris Wallace. All in all, a very milquetoast lineup for Donald Trump. U.S. employers added a modest 151,000 jobs in August; jobless rate remains the same : Not terrible, not great. Both parties can spin this data in self-serving ways.  Tweet of the day:   

Daily Clips: September 1st, 2016

Daily Clips: September 1st, 2016

Trump flip-flops on immigration:  A truly flexible candidate. Robots, growth, and inequality:  An amazing read—the authors do a thorough job of attacking the basic assumptions made around robots and growth. As many of our readers know, this is a subject that is near and dear to us (listen to our podcast episode here ). Minimum-wage hikes go straight to the ballot:  Arizona, Colorado, Washington, and Maine will all have ballot initiatives that will seek to raise the wage—an incredible success for the movement. Advocates believe that all four measures will pass this November. Georgetown panel urges university to apologize for its role in slavery:  Read the panel’s report here. Tweet of the day: New @ppppolls show huge support for $15/hr min wage in battleground statesAZ 60%MO 57%NC 62%NH 63%OH 60%PA 62%WI 63% #RaiseTheWage — AU For Change (@AU4Change) September 1, 2016

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