Measuring a tax cut is all about the framing
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4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
We’re tackling a “mysterious and important” question in today’s episode: Should Congress use “current policy” or “current law” baseline when measuring tax cuts? It’s not unlike our reporter’s internal struggle on whether to cancel Apple TV+ now that Season 2 of “Severance” has ended, or renew it. Except lawmakers are dealing with trillions of dollars. Plus: African immigrants fill critical home health aide roles in Texas, and The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index falls for the third-straight month.
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| 0:41.4 | All right, you got seven minutes. |
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| 1:00.4 | Thank you. This is Marketplace. In Los Angeles, I'm Kyle Rizzdall. |
| 1:02.5 | It is Friday today. |
| 1:03.7 | This one is the 21st of March. |
| 1:05.7 | Good as always to have you along, everybody. |
| 1:08.2 | With the stipulation that there is honestly too much going on in this economy to a cover in a single segment, we're going to try real hard. |
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| 1:18.9 | Do you ready? |
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| 1:20.2 | Hey, you two. |
| 1:21.3 | Hey, Kai. |
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| 1:22.5 | Courtney Brown, let me begin with you and Jay Powell, obviously the Federal Reserve this week, as we know, decided |
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