Republicans are facing a tough sell as they try to make the case for a sweeping rewrite of the nation’s tax code to the American public this month. Recent polling data show many households don’t appear convinced that there’s a problem with the current system. About half actually feel their […] Read more »
Zuckerberg hires former Clinton pollster Joel Benenson
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have hired Democratic pollster Joel Benenson, a former top adviser to President Barack Obama and the chief strategist to Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 presidential campaign, as a consultant, according to a person familiar with the hire. CONT. Annie Karni, Politico Read more »
Americans Aren’t So Excited About Tax Reform
President Donald Trump says it will “be easy” to reform the tax system, at least by comparison to replacing Obamacare. The White House told Axios, the political-news website, that it’s well prepared to roll out a big tax-reform launch in late summer that’s already gaining support from corporate executives and […] Read more »
Wall Street Efforts to Improve Its Image Fail to Sway Americans
Bad news for financial titans like JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Lloyd Blankfein: Most Americans hold unfavorable views of Wall Street banks and corporate executives, and distrust billionaires more than they admire them. Despite efforts by Wall Street firms to regain trust since the […] Read more »
Views on Power and Influence in Washington
Most Americans say they have too little power in Washington these days, according to a new survey by The AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Three in 4 Americans say they have too little influence in Washington and 76 percent say poor people have too little influence. Majorities say that […] Read more »
Confidence Boomed After the Election. The Economy Hasn’t.
After Donald J. Trump won the presidential election, Americans’ optimism about the economic future soared. But midway through the year, that optimism has not translated into concrete economic gains. This seeming contradiction exposes a reality about the role of psychology in economics — or more specifically, how psychology is connected […] Read more »