According to the Economic Policy Institute’s analysis of Congressional Budget Office data, implementing the proposed Medicaid cuts would effectively reduce the bottom 20% of earners’ incomes by 7.4 percent while handing the top 1% percent at 3.9% tax benefit.
Forbes
April 1, 2025
Some are already warning how this could adversely affect young employees. “The teens who will be most harmed by this bill are low-income young people or those without documented status who are compelled by their situation to work,” Economic Policy Institute analyst Nina Mast tells the Miami Herald.
Newser
April 1, 2025
Simultaneously, the number of bus drivers across the country dipped about 12% between September 2019 and September 2024, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Courier Journal
April 1, 2025
Women were paid 18% less than men on average in 2024 on an hourly basis — the smallest gender wage gap on record — according to data from the Economic Policy Institute.
Five notes:
1. The gender pay gap narrowed between 1979 and 1994, then remained flat until 2022, according to the EPI’s “State of Working America Wages 2024” report.
Becker’s Hospital Review
April 1, 2025
Farmers in the area should take note that Congressman Russ Fulcher released a statement indicating his recent “yes” vote in favor of the fiscal year 2025 concurrent resolution on the budget. He failed to mention an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute showing that the budget plan would reduce (by 7.4%) the average income of those in the bottom 20% of household income while increasing (by 3.9%) the average income of those in the top 1% of household income.
Lewiston Tribune
April 1, 2025
“If you don’t have the ability to track or try to prove or enforce non-discrimination laws, that’s going to be worse,” said Elise Gould, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a left-leaning think tank. “Those [cuts] are hugely detrimental. They’re going in the wrong direction.”
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Wage gaps across the country have decreased between men and women of all races, according to data from the Economic Policy Institute. In 2024, women were paid 18 percent less on average than men, controlling for all factors.
19th News
April 1, 2025
Alabama already offers a no tax on overtime policy that has been in effect since 2023 as a response to concerts surrounding inflation. It is supposed to come to an end in 2025. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the regulation “cost the state $230 million in the first nine months of 2024 alone and is projected to cost $345 million by the time it expires.”
HR Digest
April 1, 2025
Research from the Economic Policy Institute shows that cutting Medicaid to fund tax breaks would have a disproportionately negative impact on low- and middle-income individuals. Unlike the wealthy, who tend to save tax windfalls, Medicaid recipients immediately spend money on necessary goods and services, stimulating local economies.
The Fayetteville Observer
April 1, 2025
There has been a long-running fight over whether ride-share and food-delivery workers should be classified as employees. The companies and some drivers have relied upon the independent contractor model, saying it is more flexible.
But that business model deprives the workforce of the protections that employees get, said David Cooper, director of state policy and research at the progressive Economic Policy Institute. He has raised concerns that tax-free tips could reduce pressure to raise wages and lead to an expansion of tipping.
Workers, he said, are “just sort of being doubly screwed by this proposal.”
The Wall Street Journal
April 1, 2025
If the state’s child labor laws are changed, the risk is that young workers will have fewer protections and will have a harder time saying no to employers, said Nina Mast, an analyst with the Economic Policy Institute. “The teens who will be most harmed by this bill are low-income young people or those without documented status who are compelled by their situation to work,” Mast said.
Miami Herald
April 1, 2025