100 Million Little
Logistics Challenges
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America's vaccination campaign has had a rickety start, and President-elect Joe Biden wants to clean up the operation. The incoming president has pledged to vaccinate 100 million Americans in his first 100 days, a big ambition for someone showing up to take over a largely ineffective government. PPI Director of Health Care Policy shares her recommendations for how Biden can achieve his health logistics moonshot.
→ "How the Biden Administration Can Speed Vaccine Distribution," by Arielle Kane, the Hill
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Energy State of Mind
A new podcast out this week features Pennsylvania Congressman Conor Lamb in conversation with PPI's Will Marshall. Lamb talks the importance of energy politics in Pennsylvania and other big energy states like it, and how Joe Biden's opposition to a natural gas ban is ultimately better for both decarbonization and the Democractic climate agenda.
→ Conor Lamb Talks Impeachment, Energy with PPI
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A Tax on the Future?
Digital advertising evolved at a break-neck pace during the last 20 years, reshaping the consumer economy drastically at every turn. Taxing this highly productive sector of the market remains, however, an untouched frontier. That may change, though, with the services tax proposed by the Maryland state legislature, a move Dr. Michael Mandel warns against. To put it in his own words, "Taxing the future is never a good idea."
→ "Why a Digital Advertising Services Tax Will Undercut the Small Business Recovery: The Maryland Case," by Dr. Michael Mandel
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The Best Way Forward
With an unprecedented $3.1 trillion deficit, lawmakers on both sides have a lot of ideas on how the economy should recover under Biden. Ben Ritz says the best way forward prioritizes critical public investments and fiscal flexibility.
→ "How Concerned Should We Be About Deficits?" by Ben Ritz, Forbes
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Ending the Endless Summer
Most of America's children haven't seen the inside of a classroom since March of last year, resulting in a widening performance gap between them and their European and Asian counterparts. PPI's Senior Fellow Paul Weinstein has an idea they won't like –– voluntary summer school. Read why his plan is a win-win-win for parents, children and teachers.
→ "Why America Should Go to Summer School" by Paul Weinstein, Forbes
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Stimulus Dèjá Vu
With the second wave of stimulus payments approved by the U.S. government, Americans watched as the IRS fumbled the play once again. As in the first round of stimulus distribution, checks were deposited in the wrong accounts and technical issues befuddled the Internal Revenue Service. Dr. Michael Mandel points to IT investment as a fix –– otherwise expect a financial Groundhog Day.
→ "IRS and the Second Stimulus Payments," by
Dr. Michael Mandel
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Who Let Trump Happen?
The Republican Party. PPI President Will Marshall dives into the identity crisis the GOP brought upon itself, and the disease it spread to the rest of the country: truth decay.
→ "Who Let Trump Happen?" by Will Marshall, the Hill
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