Eileen Appelbaum

@EileenAppelbaum

Co-Director, @ceprdc. Former Professor Rutgers University and Temple University. Co-author of 'Private Equity at Work' & 'Unfinished Business'

Washington, DC cepr.net Joined May 2015

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Eileen Appelbaum @EileenAppelbaum 2d

Disasters are increasing as the planet warms. The US needs a plan to address the dangers and remediate the consequences. It shouldn't be political.

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The Trump administration has made disaster relief political.

JD Vance will be cutting off relief funding to everyone except red states.

We need an administration that protects communities from disaster regardless of how they vote.

As @mattsedlar says, “If the administration wants to help, it should create a long-term plan to empower emergency management agencies and restore funding and staffing to crucial federal agencies that support that goal. Right now, that doesn’t appear to be the plan.”

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Eileen Appelbaum @EileenAppelbaum 2d

The Dems midterm victory was an overwhelming display of support for democracy, fairness and the rule of law. But Trump's appointment of Stephen Miller as his chief of staff makes clear that he intends to rule as an autocrat and continue profiting from corruption.

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Not only did Democrats capture the House, but they also flipped the Senate.

As @deanbaker13 says,“We can all take a deep breath.”

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Eileen Appelbaum @EileenAppelbaum 3d

On October 1, the provision throwing legal immigrants off the Medicaid rolls came into effect.
Some were in the middle of treatment for life threatening illnesses.

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Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill came into effect on October 1st, kicking thousands of legal immigrants off of Medicaid.

“Removing legal immigrants from the Medicaid rolls is cruel; many fear they may die,”
says @eileenappelbaum

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Eileen Appelbaum @EileenAppelbaum 3d

Prives people pay for some things like homeowners insurance don’t show up in official inflation figures. But they are part of the affordability crisis.

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ICYMI: If you were taxed an additional $1,100 a year, would you be happy?

No, you wouldn’t be happy with that all, but homeowners insurance hikes have made that a reality over the last decade. @deanbaker13 explains how the CPI doesn’t fully capture this harsh reality

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Eileen Appelbaum @EileenAppelbaum 3d

Voting day should be a paid holiday in the US. Think what the vote would’ve been if that were the case.

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If you’re in the US, you really should have today off.

Voter suppression is real, and election day not being a holiday exacerbates the problem. Of the 106 democracies for which data is available, only 26 other countries besides the US handle voting like this.

Read @hayleycbbrown: cepr.net/publications/v…

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