Bharat Ramamurti
@BharatRamamurti
Former Deputy Director of the White House National Economic Council. Now posting here: https://bharatramamurti.substack.com/
Final CBO score of the "big beautiful bill" is out Biggest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, 4 times the size of the previous biggest; $894-$990 bn Kicks 10 million off health insurance Biggest SNAP cuts ever, $187 bn Still increases deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts
Learning from what trade did to workers, this time with AI we should make sure “workers are at the heart of it and not just an afterthought who will bear the costs.” Thanks @RepDeluzio for painting a vision of what a people-first tech agenda should look like.
We hosted @RepDeluzio in conversation with @ewwilkins to discuss how workers need to be at the center of decisions about integrating #AI into the workplace—not an afterthought or collateral damage.
Excited to be heading into the office this am! Top of the to-do list: calling a vote on restoring the Click to Cancel Rule. It’s time the FTC gets back to protecting consumers from real abuses like subscription traps that cost Americans countless hours and millions of dollars.
Unlike the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the Producer Price Index (PPI) doesn't include imports. Tariffs only indirectly affect PPI through later stages of the production process.
My quick take on Monday #SCOTUS ruling in the Dep't of Ed. downsizing case—and how the justices' inconsistent treatment of the student loan cases during the Biden administration illustrates in technicolor why the Court really needs to explain its rulings: stevevladeck.com/p/167-the-inco…
Skiing! Wine! Concert tickets! Airplanes! A "naturally based wellness provider!" Inside the Kyrsten Sinema post-Senate spending spree experience, fueled by campaign contributions. New in @NOTUSreports: notus.org/money/kyrsten-…