Jun 06, 2022

On the Agenda: This week, we expose how the Biden administration is using subterfuge to illegally steer taxpayer funds to favored identity groups. We debunk the left’s claims that President Trump’s tax cuts “cost” $2 trillion. We also reveal the winners of Heritage’s first-ever Innovation Prize. There is more to explore in The Agenda.

Biden Administration Implements Racial Spoils System on the QT

In the news: The Biden administration released a series of 25 “action plans” through every executive bureaucracy last month that double down on their color-conscious equity policies. If you think that smells rotten, you’re right. 

Subterfuge: In reality, these “equity action plans” would enshrine racial discrimination as the official policy of the executive branch. The Biden administration knows this, so they try to hide their racial spoils system under a veil of bureaucratic euphemisms like “marginalized,” “underserved,” and “disadvantaged.”

Our take: “Why all the subterfuge? Because such racially discriminatory policies violate the Constitution and are illegal under the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” write Heritage experts.

Learn more: Find out exactly what’s in these action plans and how the administration is trying to hide its goals here.

The Numbers Are In: Trump’s Tax Cuts Paid Off

Taxing tale: The left has repeated ad nauseam that President Trump’s tax cuts “cost” $2 trillion. But new research calls the lie on this claim.

The facts: New data project tax revenues from 2018-2027 will be $570 billion higher than estimates made before Trump’s tax cuts.

Biden’s hidden tax: The left also won’t admit that Biden-fueled inflation amounts to a hidden tax on everyone and that Biden’s warped inflation plan won’t do anything to fix it.

Our take: “Unlike the Trump tax cuts, it appears the final price tag on the recent federal spending binge will be even higher than originally advertised,” writes Preston Brashers, a senior policy analyst at Heritage.

Learn more: Read about the Trump tax cuts here.

Health Care: Time to Go on Offense

This ship is sinking: The three major government health programs—Obamacare, Medicaid, and Medicare—are all worse off today under the Biden administration than they were 16 months ago.

Also, iceberg ahead: That’s not all, folks. With support from its allies in Congress, the administration’s short-term “reforms” would clear the way for a single-payer health care system.

It’s time to take the helm: Stopping the administration’s plans is critical, but so is offering a constructive set of alternatives. Thankfully, Heritage experts have identified five ways Congress can get the ball rolling.

Learn more: Find out what those five ways are here.

Heritage Launches Innovation Prize, Announces First Winners

A new initiative: Heritage’s Innovation Prize provides substantive financial awards to bold, creative, results-oriented projects by conservative nonprofits.

Inaugural winners: The first recipients are Alliance Defending Freedom, Independent Women’s Forum, and the State Financial Officers Foundation. Each organization will receive a $100,000 prize to support their projects.

Serving the movement: The prize “is about serving the movement and uniting conservatives—particularly outside the Beltway—to defeat the destructive ideology and designs of the radical left,” said Heritage President Kevin Roberts.

Learn more: Read more about the prize and the winners here.

NEW RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

• Gun Laws Won’t Fix a Problem of Culture and Spirit

• Social Media Is Hurting Kids, but a Fix May Be on Horizon
• Debunking the Fearmongering About Overturning Roe v. Wade
• We Must Fix Social Security to Prevent Financial Collapse, Create Better System for Younger Workers
• ABA Stretches Limits of Law With Its DEI Rule
• The Fraud That Dare Not Speak Its Name
• Biden’s Explicit Promise to Defend Taiwan Is Bad Policy
• U.S. Navy’s Edge on China Dwindling and Lawmakers Don’t Care
• Xinjiang Police Files Should Prompt Action Against Uyghur Genocide
• Why Is Biden Administration Partnering With a Chinese Proxy to Help Africa?

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DID YOU KNOW?

Heritage leads the way in exposing the George Soros-sponsored “rogue prosecutors” and how they’ve fueled the current crime wave. Check out our work on this important issue here.

Maintaining American Nuclear Deterrence, Wednesday, June 8, 3:30 p.m.

Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., discusses the Biden administration’s controversial decisions to cancel key nuclear programs, Russia’s nuclear threats, and the rise of China as a nuclear peer.

Register here.

Saving the Supreme Court, Thursday, June 9, 1 p.m.

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, joins Heritage President Kevin Roberts for a discussion on the left’s destructive Supreme Court agenda and why it must be stopped.

Register here.

The Effect of Access to Puberty Blockers and Cross-Sex Hormones on Youth Suicide Rates, Tuesday, June 14, 3 p.m. Speakers include:

• Dr. Jay P. Greene, senior research fellow, Center for Education Policy
• Dr. Jay W. Richards, director, DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family
• Virginia Gentles, director, Education Freedom Center

Register here.

Life After Roe Symposium, Thursday, June 16, 10 a.m.

Leading legal, medical, and policy experts analyze what life after Roe would actually look like. Speakers include:

• Dr. Kevin Roberts, Heritage president
• Dr. Ryan Anderson, president, Ethics and Public Policy Center
• Catherine Glenn Foster, president and CEO, Americans United for Life

Register here.

“The Kevin Roberts Show: Yoram Hazony, author of the new book “Conservatism: A Rediscovery” and host of the National Conservatism Conference, talks to Heritage President Kevin Roberts about nationalism, the history of the conservative movement, and why Americans should live more religiously devoted lives. Bonus episode: Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., talks about inflation, fiscal restraint, and more. Listen to the podcasts.

“Problematic Women”: Hosts Virginia Allen and Lauren Evans debunk pro-abortion activists’ claims about what will happen if Roe v. Wade is overturned. They also discuss Mattel’s transgender Barbie. Listen to the podcast.

Heritage President Kevin Roberts joined Fox Business to talk about President Biden’s devastating economic policies, the impact inflation and record gas prices are having on Americans, and how the Chinese Communist Party is taking advantage of Biden’s weakness. You can watch the clip here.

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