Social Security is six years from insolvency, and saving it will take more than modest tweaks.
In the debut post of PPI’s new Substack, Radically Pragmatic, @BudgetBen argues that basing benefits on years worked rather than lifetime earnings can keep FDR’s promise intact. https://t.co/HKVemWPPUR
.@BudgetBen: “[F]or the first time in a generation, Social Security’s trustees project the program’s primary trust fund will be depleted during the next presidential administration.”
America’s chronic disease epidemic demands serious solutions grounded in science.
Alix Ware examines how HHS Secretary Kennedy has abandoned evidence-based health policy in favor of discredited theories, firing scientists and defunding research while eroding public trust in our health institutions. https://t.co/gBpGdbettl
In the @WSJ today - some very skeptical comments re the Trump admin.'s "Plan C" 301 tariffs. Norwegian fish? Bangladeshi cement? https://t.co/wzlttZTYMI
A jury has found Live Nation-Ticketmaster liable for operating an illegal monopoly.
Diana Moss applauds the verdict, crediting the states for pushing to trial after the Trump DOJ settled prematurely. The court now turns to remedies, with hopes for meaningful relief for consumers. https://t.co/qZHN5CXD1K
States educators are trying to emulate what Mississippi did to go from worst to first in education—but the national conversation misses a key aspect of why its literacy approach succeeded, @rachelanncanter writes. https://t.co/EnziSQ0P1y
.@rachelanncanter: “Just like we did in Mississippi, policymakers need to embrace a broad agenda rooted in what works […] in order to build the public school systems that children deserve.”
America’s public schools are struggling, but Mississippi proves that dramatic improvement is possible.
@rachelanncanter argues that the state’s rise from last to first on national assessments wasn’t a miracle. It was twenty years of coherent policy, collective leadership, and hard-won persistence. https://t.co/UuFqilFGEW
The firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi underscores growing concerns about political interference in the justice system.
@Will_PPI warns that escalating “MAGA lawfare” threatens the rule of law and calls on Congress to ensure her successor is committed to impartial justice, not partisan enforcement. https://t.co/yV96cgvWVc
No, @SenBooker, you are absolutely wrong.
@BudgetBen’s analysis was not limited to raising tax rates. He was looking at the total revenue that could be raised from any tax increase on households earning more than $400,000 per year. https://t.co/xk6bBGgXQ3
Cc: @DanaBashCNN
Sound space policy requires economic expertise.
In @thehill, PPI’s Mary Guenther argues that eliminating NASA’s Office of the Chief Economist undercuts smart public–private partnerships and risks weakening America’s commercial space leadership. https://t.co/4KBz8DmLTL
The American center-left cannot win the future by conceding large parts of the country.
@Will_PPI, speaking at PPI’s New Directions in Lansing, Michigan, argues that President Trump’s tariffs, abuses of power, and disregard for the Constitution demand a serious governing alternative.
At an event where Dems are strategizing how they can win back working class voters. A speaker just said they don’t feel like the national party cares to appeal to these voters.
“It’s not going to be TV ads, it’s going to be hard work knocking doors.”
Follow along all day as @ppi dives into how Democrats need to not just win in ‘26 and ‘28, but reinvent the party to offer working Americans a better way forward.
The Jeffrey Epstein investigation is exposing a generational divide within the Democratic Party.
PPI’s @Will_PPI warns that turning away from the Clinton legacy without a clear plan to rebuild broad support could further erode the party’s coalition. https://t.co/XSqkA4Rpoz
Rising energy costs in New Jersey are no accident.
On @onnewjersey’s Energy Matters, PPI’s Neel Brown explains how ideologically driven energy decisions on both the left and the right are imposing an “activist tax” that consumers pay through higher prices and reduced reliability.