PLUS - Congressman Joe Cunningham joins PPI for a conversation on investing in America's future in South Carolina. A preview tonight. Friday, February 21, 2020 Contact: Carter Christensen, [email protected], 202-525-3926 Is Wall Street more accountable than Major League Baseball? Jason Gold, PPI Managing Director Pushing the envelope to gain an edge has always been ingrained in baseball’s culture, from pine tar to spitballs. Now, with the advent of modern technology and exponentially larger revenue and payrolls, the pressure to cheat is stronger than ever. The same can be said (and quite often has been said by some leading presidential candidates) about Wall Street. READ MORE ICYMI: Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Eliminate the Federal Charter Schools Program Tressa Pankovits, Associate Director of Reinventing America's Schools President Trump, in yesterday’s 2021 budget address, called for cutting the U.S. Department of Education budget by 8 percent. That is obviously terrible, but it is, at least, less than the 12 percent he wanted to axe in 2019 or the 10 percent reduction he called for in 2020. READ MORE Trump’s Busted Election-Year Budget Ben Ritz, Director of the Center for Funding America's Future The ironically titled “Budget for America’s Future” is anything but: it proposes to slash critical public investments that lay the foundation for long-term growth, double down on reckless tax cuts for the rich, undermine health-care and safety-net programs for millions of Americans, and leave the nation on a path of trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see. READ MORE After Iowa, Policymakers Should Look to Accelerate the Spread of the App Economy Elliott Long, Senior Economic Policy Analyst The failure of the app intended to collect results from the Democratic caucuses in Iowa wasn’t the best advertisement for the App Economy. But we have to remember that apps play a central role in the economy. READ MORE The Progressive Policy Institute is a catalyst for policy innovation and political reform based in Washington, D.C. Its mission is to create radically pragmatic ideas for moving America beyond ideological and partisan deadlock. Join us on Facebook or Twitter on the road to November 2020. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Progressive Policy Institute | 1200 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Suite 575, Washington, DC 20036 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | About Constant Contact Sent by [email protected] in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today!