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“In a Hamilton Project policy proposal released Thursday by the Brookings Institution, I advocate a significant boost to small businesses in the form of refundable tax credits — that is, tax credits that can be greater than a business’s total tax bill.”

“The funds could go toward both payroll and non-payroll expenses, according to the report from the Hamilton Project, an economic policy initiative at the Brookings think tank.”

“State and local governments are facing extreme budget distress; food insecurity is at its highest level in decades. We’ve regained only about half the jobs lost in the spring. More money from Congress is both fiscally affordable and deeply needed.”

“‘The new information in the survey could help educate employers’ said Kristen Broady, policy director of the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project…‘And that,’ Broady said, ‘can help inform training around diversity and inclusion.’”

“Data from U.S. Census Household Pulse surveys charted by The Hamilton Project shows Black families with children are dealing with food insecurity at almost triple the rate of white families — nearly 30% compared to under 10%.”

“‘That could allow more Black men to become firefighters,’ said economist Kristen Broady at the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project…‘They could actually become an EMT or a firefighter upon release, allowing them to earn significantly more money than they would have otherwise,’ Broady said.”

“Nationally, according to a report from [The Hamilton Project at] the Brookings Institution, the P-EBT program significantly reduced hunger, led to a 30 percent reduction in the rate of children not getting enough to eat, and lifted 3.9 million children out of hunger.”

“We went into the present situation with trends that were less troubling than many believe. The pandemic may reverse that progress, so as students go back to school, educators need to focus on mitigating the harm from virtual instruction for low-income children.”

“More than half of the 700,000 U.S. jobs lost in March and 7 million of the 20 million jobs lost in April were in the leisure and hospitality sector, according to a report by Stevenson published in July as part of the Brookings Institution's The Hamilton Project.”

“During the Great Recession, individuals received more than $420 billion in stimulus payments, which helped keep households afloat and prevent further job loss, the Hamilton Project reported.”

“If the preconditions of new resources and mobilization are not credibly in place, a U.S. net zero 2050 initiative will not succeed and a net zero initiative should not be attempted.”

“Without swift and substantial action, the hardship tens of millions of Americans face is likely to continue — and grow more acute. Serious negotiations are long overdue.”

“Failing to do another round of stimulus is going to lead to a lot of pain in November, December, and January, because the underlying economic impact from the pandemic is still there.”

“Among low-income households with children who qualify for free or reduced-price school meals, only about 15% have been getting those meals, said Lauren Bauer, a researcher at the Brookings Institution.”

“Former CBO chief economist Wendy Edelberg said she doubted the latest increase in the size of the debt was significant in and of itself. ‘There’s no economic difference between a ratio of 99% and a ratio of 101%,’ she told The Wall Street Journal.”

“‘More children are skipping meals, and not having sufficient food, than we’ve ever recorded on record, right now - about one in five parents in the U.S say that their kids don’t have enough to eat and their families don’t have the resources to purchase more food,’ said Lauren Bauer, who is a Fellow in Economic Studies with the Brookings Institution.”

“‘There’s a lot of value in preserving the relationship between employers and their employees,’ Abraham said in a recent [Hamilton Project] webcast. Research from Brookings shows that 40% of all workers who are laid off get called back to work anyway.”

“According to the Hamilton Project, the percentage of households with children under 18 who said they didn’t have enough to eat increased from 15 percent in 2018 to 35 percent this past April.”

“Among households with children, one in three reported insufficient food, the highest level in the nearly two decades the government has tracked hunger in America, said Lauren Bauer, who studies food insecurity at the Brookings Institution. ‘What’s happening with children right now is unprecedented in modern times,’ Ms. Bauer said.”

“The Congressional Budget Office in Washington is warning that US government debt will likely surpass the size of the entire American economy next year; we hear from Wendy Edelberg, Director of the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution.”

“‘It was a massive rise in borrowing and quite shocking, but incredibly effective,’ said former CBO chief economist Wendy Edelberg, who in June became director of the Hamilton Project, a think tank affiliated with the Brookings Institution. ‘On the flip side, this is exactly why we, as a country, want to have room to increase borrowing during times of emergency.’”

“‘It was a massive rise in borrowing and quite shocking, but incredibly effective,’ former CBO chief economist Wendy Edelberg, told the Wall Street Journal. ‘On the flip side, this is exactly why we, as a country, want to have room to increase borrowing during times of emergency.’”

“Former CBO chief economist Wendy Edelberg said she doubted the latest increase in the size of the debt was significant in and of itself. ‘There’s no economic difference between a ratio of 99% and a ratio of 101%,’ she told The Wall Street Journal.”

“The coronavirus is now the third leading cause of death among Black Americans, topped only by heart disease and cancer, according to a report from [The Hamilton Project at] the Brookings Institution published earlier this month.”