John, I'm excited to share the latest from CRC with you:
- How much havoc would a carbon tax cause?
Senate Democrats are considering adding a carbon tax to the latest spending package. If politicians and bureaucrats were completely honest, they'd call it a master tax, because it would tax virtually everything. A more expansive version may tax emissions from cars, stoves, water heaters, and much more. The possibilities are endless because every part of our lives depends on carbon dioxide–emitting energy. CRC's Hayden Ludwig deconstructs the master tax here.
- Can conservatives use Saul Alinsky tactics too?
The ill-considered attempt by the National School Boards Association (NSBA) to sic the Justice Department on protesting parents showed that the Left--which loves to attack using Saul Alinsky's Rule 13 ("Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it")--is vulnerable to the same kind of attacks. When the conservative movement mobilized in support of parents, it ran Rule 13 on the NSBA and exploited NSBA's weaknesses. CRC's Michael Watson reports on the reversal here.
- How did welfare reform become law 25 years ago?
Michael Hartman recently interviewed Jason Turner, who helped formulate the state-level welfare reform plan that provided the template for the federal welfare reform bill that President Bill Clinton reluctantly signed in 1996. The two also discussed the rise of school choice in Wisconsin and the role of donors in fostering reforms like these. Read the two-part interview here and here.
- Where is Tax March marching?
In 2017, the Sixteen Thirty Fund--Arabella Advisors' mammoth "dark money" machine--spawned Tax March, a supposedly "grassroots" project to advocate for "accountability and tax fairness." Largely funded by tax-free donations from ultrawealthy activists, Tax March calls for government to "tax the rich." More recently, it launched a $2 million campaign demanding Republicans support the Biden agenda. Hayden Ludwig exposes the hypocrisy here.
Featured Interview
Philanthropy's Biggest Problems
Michael Hartmann speaks with Jeremy Beer about the major problems in philanthropy today and about the ideas that are being put forth to address those problems.
Sharing lessons from his time at the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Mike describes how philanthropy can best help Americans flourish. The discussion also covers the issues of wealth disparity and donor diversity. Mike also grapples with populist critiques of establishment philanthropy and the Accelerating Charitable Efforts (ACE) Act.
Listen to the 51-minute interview here.
InfluenceWatch Podcast 197
Progressive Ruins
In this episode: Our guest today is a Time magazine Hero of the Environment who at age 16 raised money for the Rainforest Action Network and at 17 "lived in Nicaragua to show solidarity with the Sandinista socialist revolution." But our guest, author Michael Shellenberger, isn't your typical Bernie Sanders type: He campaigns for the environmental benefits of nuclear energy through his group Environmental Progress and just released a new book, San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities, which criticizes the radical-left approaches to crime and homelessness that have battered the Bay Area.
CRC's Ken Braun, who joins today's conversation, reviewed both San Fransicko and Shellenberger's previous book, Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All.
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