On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts that put the sheer size of Sanders’s agenda into perspective – not only would he double the size of the federal government, but he has yet explain how he’d pay for roughly half of it. Joe Biden’s strong performance in South Carolina likely accounted for much […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented the latest 2020 campaign finance figures, which show that among the non-billionaire candidates, Sanders maintains a commanding, cash-flush lead. Money isn’t everything but in politics, it’s something and by any measure, Bernie Sanders is winning the “money primary.” The important consequence of that news is that Sanders […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner set the record straight regarding Trump’s claims of an “Economic Boom” while crediting President Obama for turning the country around. President Trump took to Twitter again on Monday to proclaim the success of the economy on his watch (and rebut a tweet from President Obama implicitly pointing out […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts showing that Trump has not only fallen short of his economic promises, he has fallen short of Obama’s last 3 years in office. Not surprisingly, in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Trump did his best to reinforce the impression that the […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner examined the surprising rise of Sanders and corresponding decline of support for Warren in the 2020 polls – two Presidential hopefuls that share similar policy beliefs but with differing degrees of progressivism. Bernie Sanders’ rise in 2020 public opinion polls has nearly mirrored Elizabeth Warren’s fall. That’s not […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts showing that while wage growth for the average worker has recently begun to decelerate, the typical lower-income worker has seen steady gains thanks in part to recent state and local legislation. When the monthly employment numbers were released last Friday, the attention – as usual – […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts showing the damage that has been done to the Iranian economy by the sanctions President Trump has imposed. The killing of Qasem Soleimani is dominating the news about Iran at the moment but let’s not forget that we are continuing to apply tough economic sanctions that […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts showing that while optimism has revived for a stronger economy next year, lagging conditions in key states may hamper Trump’s 2020 election prospects. Measured optimism has returned to the American economic outlook. That’s partly because of policy actions like the retreat from the trade war and […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner used the recent appointment of Jared Kushner as “Wall Czar” to explain the current status of Trump’s border wall, his unrealistic plans to build it and recent abatement of apprehensions. Frustrated by the lack of progress on his border wall, President Trump has now turned over responsibility for […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner explored how the math behind Warren’s health care plan simply doesn’t add up. Elizabeth Warren’s release of her plans to pay for Medicare for All has focused new attention on the size and scale of her changes – the single biggest change in the role of government at […]