Coming up conversation but the Biden Administration tax policy priorities with White House National Economic Council director brainard. During a discussion brain it focuses on cutting taxes for the middleclass and having the wealthy pay their fair share. This conversation is part of the Brookings Institution hamilton project. Good morning. Thank you for joining us today for a discussion on tax policy. I am wendy director t of the hamilton project. We are delighted to have White House National Economic Advisor brainard here with us to discuss the administration taxa policy priorities. We are approaching a crucial time in tax policy. Many of the provisions in the hetax cut are expected to expire in 2025 setting the stage for ar rigorous and consequential debates. Todays event is an important part of a series of work events the hamilton project has undertaken. To inform those debates. If policymakers work to enact new legislation rather than simply letting the 2017 tax act provision expir
Sen. Brown finding more and more ways to raise those costs, to boost their own profits. Weve talked about how every time americans go to a Grocery Store, they pay for corporate stock buybacks and executive bonuses. Last week we looked at how Companies Use the latest technologies to jack up prices for consumers. This week we look at junk fees. Often lastminute charges that drive up the cost of products, have no justification or connection to anything other than their quests for profits. Think about that hotel room you booked that has a bunch of mysterious charges at the end. Or that time you paid your credit card bill over the phone so you wouldnt be late but were charged a convenience fee. The only thing that fee is convenient for is the banks bottom line. Or lets say youre looking for an apartment, you find one with affordable rent but when you look at the lease, you realize between the maintenance fee and the trash fee and the mysterious convenience fee, the actual rent youll be char
All right, microphone on. The subcommittee on labor health and human services, education and related agencies, please come to order. Today, we are having a hearing on President Joe Bidens administration, 25 budget request for the department of labor. Im happy to welcome acting secretary, as we grow, we are looking at a bipartisan manner. This is passing into law by the president. Th a small minority is able to derail the appropriations processpolicy riders, looking at the cuts with the Workforce Development protection program. A small minority is able to derail the appropriations process. House republicans did that last year. Repeatedly threatening government shutdowns. It hurts the constituents, the communities, intended to be served by another federal program. Causing federal agencies to waste time and money, instead of making sure that every dollar is used effectively, as intended by the laws that we pass in congress. We need to do better. Acting secretary, this budget is a good ste
Reasons, but the number one reason today that i love aei is because only here is a conference on government statistics more popular than the rolling stones. That is a great thing. This is a topic that doesnt normally get headlined, but lets face it, in a time when the phrase alternative facts has entered the american lexicon, is anything more important than what were going to talk about today. At aei we arent completely dedicated to the proposition that rigorous, rocksolid Empirical Data are essential for evaluating the success and failure of Public Policy and for ensuring that we are fulfilling the true purpose of our work which is to help more people live a better life. We are delighted to partner with the Brookings Institution and the hamilton project to examine this critical subject and we are co releasing a paper on the topic and this is a free event for that paper. I want to introduce our panel in our keynote speaker. Our panel today starts with Martin Feldstein of harvard and th
Regarding the detention of children. The agreement that juveniles should be held in the least restrictive setting appropriate to their age and special needs. And generally in a nonsecure facility licensed to care for dependent minors. And it said that detaining children in prisonlike facilities both secure and unlicensed runs contrary to very hartd of the flores agreement. As we speak, flores counsel petitioned the court to reinforce the agreement in light of the expansion on family detention. Given the concern regarding the mental and physical Health Effects on children in prolonged detention, i urge you to adopt a policy that minimizes the lengthy detention of children. And use more humane alternatives like alternatives my staff attended a live bond proceeding for a mother and 5yearold child who had been sexually assaulted. The child was suffering from severe psychological stress while being detained at arttesia, the family had already been detained three months before the bond heari