“The research shows very clearly that when you deport immigrant workers, native-born workers lose jobs as well,” said David Cooper, director of state policy and research at the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute, a think tank affiliated with the labor movement. And the Economic Policy Institute report predicts that Trump’s mass deportation effort — if implemented — could eventually cost U.S.-born workers 2.6 million jobs, with the biggest disruptions expected in Florida, Texas and California, states heavily reliant on immigrant labor. That’s because the hiring of immigrant workers helps support job creation for native-born workers, Cooper said.
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That legislation also heavily favors the wealthy, with 65% of benefits going to the top 10% of earners, according to the Penn-Wharton budget model, a nonpartisan research initiative. The lowest-income households are expected to lose out due to cuts in benefits, including Medicaid and SNAP. “This bill is a transfer of money from the poorest households in America to the richest households in America, full stop,” Cooper with the Economic Policy Institute said.
Capital & Main
August 26, 2025
Money — or lack of it — continues to be a pressing issue for many retirees in the US. Skyrocketing costs for housing, rent and healthcare are siphoning away savings more quickly than in previous generations — in fact, almost half of US families have no retirement account savings.
CNN.com
August 25, 2025
..brings me to this data point from a 2019 study from the Economic Policy Institute: Since 1948, worker productivity increased by nearly…
Washington Examiner
August 25, 2025
According to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, which examines the Medicaid cuts in the context of the Trump administration’s favorable tax policy for the wealthy, the cuts are expected to have a disastrous effect on the country as a whole.
Black Enterprise
August 25, 2025
A larger percentage of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that was made permanent in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act go to the wealthiest Americans, according to analyses by the Tax Policy Center, Economic Policy Institute, and the Bipartisan Policy Center. On average, all income groups receive a tax benefit from the extension — or would have seen a tax increase had the cuts not been made permanent.
The Spokesman-Review
August 25, 2025
The Cool Down
August 25, 2025
Additionally, the Economic Policy Institute says that immigration does not adversely impact the wages earned by native born U.S. workers on a larger, national scale. It may reduce wages for newly arrived immigrants and native-born low-education workers, however. It also does not decrease the number of jobs available to workers born in the U.S.9
Investopedia
August 25, 2025
Elise Gould, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, told Business Insider that while the trend isn’t new– young men have historically had a higher unemployment rate than young women– the gap is widening.
Benzinga (via Yahoo! Finance)
August 25, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute says the average annual cost of infant care in Indiana is $14,471—that’s $1,206 per month. In Indiana, infant care costs 11.7% more than average rent.
WISH-TV
August 25, 2025
A larger percentage of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that was made permanent in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act go to the wealthiest Americans, according to analyses by the Tax Policy Center, Economic Policy Institute, and the Bipartisan Policy Center.
Idaho Capital Sun
August 25, 2025