Arjun Singh
Senior Podcast Producer at The Lever
Senior podcast producer @levernews I former audio producer @washingtonpost, @gbh, @wbur I RT and likes ≠ endorsing content
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1 month ago |
levernews.com | Arjun Singh
He came in with a bang but is going out with a whimper. After his 24/7 role on Trump’s election stage and his high-profile rampage through the federal government, billionaire Elon Musk says he’s scaling back his work for the administration and ramping down his political spending. With his image tarnished and businesses facing turbulence, is Musk down for the count — or planning his return as America’s most infamous oligarch?
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1 month ago |
levernews.com | Arjun Singh
Republicans are pushing forward a $3.8 trillion tax cut package that primarily benefits the wealthy; defunds services like Medicaid, food stamps, and education programs; and adds $5.2 trillion to the national deficit. So it's worth asking: How did we get here? How did cutting taxes become an American obsession? In our new Lever Time podcast miniseries Tax Revolt, we provide the answer.
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levernews.com | Arjun Singh
For decades, Grover Norquist, head of the activist group Americans for Tax Reform, has been on a vicious quest to purge anyone who dared to raise taxes within the Republican Party. He’s taken down economic populists, budget hawks, and even former President George H.W. Bush. Today, signing Norquist’s antitax pledge is the price of entry to the Republican Party.
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1 month ago |
levernews.com | Arjun Singh
For decades, Grover Norquist, head of the activist group Americans for Tax Reform, has been on a vicious quest to purge anyone who dared to raise taxes within the Republican Party. He’s taken down economic populists, budget hawks, and even former President George H.W. Bush. Today, signing Norquist’s antitax pledge is the price of entry to the Republican Party.
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1 month ago |
levernews.com | Arjun Singh
Former President George H.W. Bush once thought supply-side economics was so ludicrous he deemed it “voodoo economics.” But that was before Ronald Reagan transformed the Republican Party into a trickle-down, tax-cutting cult. To follow in Reagan’s footsteps, Bush promised conservatives that he would never raise taxes — but then did something nobody expected.
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It’s my last broadcast on Lever Time, and it’s a good one. Me in convo with @lukewgoldstein about Zuckerberg trying to become a central bank, and also the Monopoly Man. Thanks to the Lever team for all their support, especially Lever Time’s producers. https://t.co/T7KtwQ7ISm
You would need tax revenue to accomplish most of these things if you were governor of a state
Zero income tax & capital gains tax. Cap property taxes. Unleash natural gas. Strengthen our electric grid. Fix the educational achievement crisis. Reverse the ‘brain drain’ & incentivize young workers to stay here in Ohio. This isn’t about left vs. right. It’s about up vs. down.
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