Welcome back! We're glad to have you dine with us here at The Grown Table, where we aim to serve a healthy helping of food for thought. We have a delicious spread for you in Ep. 5! Join us, the hosts, Jerome & Darnell, two young adults as we sit down from time to time, and attempt to digest and react to current events, contemplate things going on in our lives, and examine the changing world around us.
On the menu is a hearty serving of home cooked political time talk, just in time for Thanksgiving! This one is compliments of Mama.
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Episode References:
Breakdown of the Political Spectrum:
- CIVIX (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJA3EhyVPc0
- In-Depth Reading (Lumen): https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-politicalscience/chapter/political-ideology/
Joe Biden Approval Rating:
- CBS News (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1trHxaHJI74
- FiveThirtyEight: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/
- The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/biden-approval-rating/620751/
Inflation:
- Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/10/soaring-inflation-stalks-bidens-economy-520613
- Rent Hikes: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/10/rent-inflation-biden-520642
Argument Inflation is actually good (The Intercept): https://theintercept.com/2021/11/10/inflation-economy-debt-milk-prices/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Interce%20Newsletter
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Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Bill:
- What’s in the Bill (Reuters): https://www.reuters.com/world/us/whats-bipartisan-us-1-trillion-infrastructure-bill-2021-10-01/
- Why investments are needed in High Speed Rail/Expanded Rail: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/06/infrastructure-bill-build-back-better-519894
Budget Reconciliation/”Build Back Better” Bill
- What is Budget Reconciliation? - https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/02/05/what-is-reconciliation-in-congress/
- Plan to Pay (CBS News): https://www.cbsnews.com/news/budget-reconciliation-bill-build-back-better-act/
- Most wealthy are going to avoid any way (USA Today/Propublica): https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/06/10/propublica-tax-leak-irs-files-show-how-billionaires-pay-low-tax/7639768002/
- Initial Budget Reconciliation Bill (NPR): https://www.npr.org/2021/07/14/1016052307/democrats-budget-deal-would-invest-in-the-child-tax-credit-health-care-and-clima
- Initial Bill Graphic: https://www.statista.com/chart/25901/biden-administration-infrastructure-package/
- Ana Kasparian & Ben Shapiro Debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxuiqeuyUyw
What was Cut:
- Paid Family Leave & Free Community College (Forbes): https://www.forbes.com/advisor/personal-finance/cuts-from-reconciliation-bill-paid-family-leave/
- Negotiated Prescription Drug Prices (CBS News): https://www.cbsnews.com/news/budget-reconciliation-bill-build-back-better-act/
What’s Left in the Bill Currently
(CBS News): https://www.cbsnews.com/news/budget-reconciliation-bill-build-back-better-act/
Liberal Hypocrisy (NY Times - YouTube):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNDgcjVGHIw
State and Local Tax (SALT) Deduction:
https://smartasset.com/taxes/trumps-plan-to-eliminate-the-state-and-local-tax-deduction-explained
- Breaking Points: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM_UGWEWc3o&list=PLR1VVi2S5xz8q0gZdVzFarCIl8KZ1KzAw&index=4
Additional Reading (NPR): https://www.npr.org/2021/10/22/1047975012/heres-what-we-know-is-in-the-scaled-back-biden-budget-bill-and-what-got-cut
Virginia's 2021 gubernatorial election results (ABC News) - https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/virginias-2021-gubernatorial-election-results/story?id=80306510
- Breaking Points: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL6DiOBFySk&list=PLR1VVi2S5xz8q0gZdVzFarCIl8KZ1KzAw
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