The misnamed Inflation Reduction Act was passed in the Senate and will be voted on in the House this week. The bill proposes to reduce the deficit and lower inflation by increasing taxes, but it will fail to do what its name claims and its congressional supporters advertise. According to preliminary estimates from the Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM), this bill would actually increase inflation for the next two years. 
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CHAMPION MESSAGE
“We must demand that school districts include parents in this dialogue. What we’ve seen over the course of the last 20 months is our school systems refusing to engage with parents.”
 

HURTING NOT HELPING

Let’s Address the Immigration Crisis at Its Core
Even as the latest busload of migrants from Texas arrived in D.C. with a total of at least 5,100 migrants and leaders like the mayor of New York and the mayor of D.C. complain about the influx of immigrants in their cities, the Biden administration does not seem to find its footing on the issue of immigration. Rather than “doing something” simply to appease political allies, the White House and all U.S. leaders should address the core of our immigration crisis. Read more.

DID YOU KNOW 

Non-Union Job Wages Far Outpacing Union Wages
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), workers in non-union jobs saw increased wages compared to their unionized counterparts. The BLS’s June 2022 employment cost index revealed total wage and benefits costs for private sector jobs rose 5.5% from June 2021 to June 2022. Non-unionized workers saw their wages and salaries increase 6%, compared to a 3.4% wage increase for unionized workers. So much for the argument that union workers are better paid. Read more.

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Event: Parent’s Rights: What You Need To Know

What can parents and students do to exercise their rights in our increasingly politicized government-assigned public schools? Join IWN members for a LIVE discussion with Parental Rights Foundation President Will Estrada to get your questions answered as you prepare to go back to school.   
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TWO TRUTHS & A LIE

Medicare Price Negotiation
The Inflation Reduction Act also includes many changes to Medicare, the government health insurance program for people 65 or older.

Can you guess which of the following statements is not true about the Medicare price negotiation?

A. Medicare pays for more than 30% of the nation’s retail drug spending.
B. Canadians and Europeans face lower drug costs because of government negotiation.
C. How Medicare pays for drugs only affects Medicare beneficiaries.
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She Thinks Podcast

  • New Episode: Madisan DeBos, cross country & track athlete at Southern Utah University, joined the program to discuss her experience competing against a male athlete, the future of women's sports, and the fight for fairness. Listen here.
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  • Next Episode: Coming up, Kristin Tate, visiting fellow at IWF, joins the program to explain what Americans need to know about inflation and rising costs. Hear it here.

CAPSULE REVIEW

Parental Opt-out Policies, the Bare Minimum of What VA Parents Deserve 

In April, the Virginia legislature passed a bill that requires every school, by January 2023, to notify parents when instructional material contains “sexually explicit content” and allow parents to opt into nonexplicit material. But the Department of Education is dragging its feet on finalizing the policy.
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Valuing Women To Reduce Unwanted Pregnancies

Following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, the country has been laser-focused on abortion. But instead of narrowing our national discussion to what happens after an unplanned pregnancy, we should dedicate time to what comes before. 
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