A report from Kyle Pomerleau, Jason DeBacker, and Richard W. Evans finds that Biden’s proposals would increase taxes, on average, for households at every income level and make the federal tax code more progressive, though his tax increases would primarily fall on the top 1 percent of income earners.
If officials can’t bring themselves to explain that opening schools poses only minimal risks to kids, they should at least concede that keeping them closed presents plenty of dangers of its own, writes Naomi Schaefer Riley.
As "defund the police" goes mainstream as a rallying cry, Matthew Continetti explains, Democratic politicians are having to redefine the slogan as moderate budget cuts without alienating the far left, for whom "defund" means complete abolition.
As the economy begins to unfurl, not all Americans are anxious for businesses to reopen. In fact, there is a fairly stark divide among white, black, and Hispanic Americans on the issue, write Daniel A. Cox and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux.
Gating indicators recommended by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for phased reopening following COVID-19 shutdowns include “sustained decreases” or a “downward trajectory . . . over a 14-day period” in public health statistics. These criteria have proven difficult to use in practice, however, because different interpretations of the data have yielded inconsistent guidance for policymakers. To standardize local reopening decisions and provide needed clarity for policymakers, Scott Ganz defines a “sustained decrease” as 14 consecutive days of declining infection rates in a region’s population.
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