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Heartland’s Donald Kendal and Justin Haskins are joined by Isaac Orr and Jim Lakely in episode #203 of the In The Tank Podcast. This weekly podcast features (as always) interviews, debates, and roundtable discussions that explore the work of think tanks across the country. This episode features work from the Heartland Institute, the Tax Foundation, and the Cato Institute.
OPENING CHIT CHAT
Jim is back from ICCC13
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgnnPnL9OL7Gg57I_ouzxlBMORUuhUtWf
Michael Moore realizes wind and solar energy sucks
https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2019/08/08/michael-moore-backed-doc-planet-of-the-humans-explores-alternative-energy
BERNIE SANDERS ON JOE ROGAN
Response to: Bernie Sanders was on JRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O-iLk1G_ng&t=948s
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) – “Although workers under age 25 represented only about one-fifth of hourly paid workers, they made up about half of those paid the federal minimum wage or less.” [2017]
https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2017/home.htm
Pew Research – “45% of the 2.6 million hourly workers who were at or below the federal minimum in 2015 were ages 16 to 24. An additional 23.3% are ages 25 to 34” [2015]
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/04/5-facts-about-the-minimum-wage/
Pew Research – “Twenty-nine states, plus the District of Columbia and nearly two dozen cities and counties, have set their own higher minimums.”
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/04/5-facts-about-the-minimum-wage/
Cato – “For teenagers, who comprise a large share of minimum wage workers, studies typically found that a mere 10 percent increase in the minimum wage resulted in a 1–3 percent decrease in employment.”
https://www.cato.org/cato-handbook-policymakers/cato-handbook-policy-makers-8th-edition-2017/minimum-wage
Tax Foundation – Taxing Transactions a Few Too Many Times
https://taxfoundation.org/financial-transaction-tax-wall-street-tax-act/
Cato – Facts about Gun Shows
https://www.cato.org/commentary/facts-about-gun-shows
Heartland – Patriot’s Guide to Freedom and Firearms
https://www.heartland.org/_template-assets/documents/Patriots%20Guide%20Freedom%20and%20Firearms.pdf
Manhattan Institute – The “New Energy Economy”: An Exercise in Magical Thinking
https://www.manhattan-institute.org/green-energy-revolution-near-impossible
M4A PAPER
Policy Brief: Estimating the Income Tax Hikes Required to Pay for Bernie Sanders’ Medicare-for-All Plan
https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/policy-brief-estimating-the-income-tax-hikes-required-to-pay-for-bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all-plan
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