How the economy is doing has always been a contentious topic, particularly when friends and family with different politics gather for Thanksgiving dinner. And the question has gotten even thornier this year, with consumer sentiment and polling data about the economy becoming historically de-linked from official measures of economic health like GDP. It’s not our job to tell people how they should feel about the economy, but we can at least add some facts as context to common complaints.
I don’t think you understand how bad the Heritage Foundation is. EPI, for example, isn’t drafting anything remotely as awful as Project 2025. EPI isn’t trying undermine democracy, it just provides a counter to the acid the Heritage Foundation peddles as a tonic.
I mean, Project 2025 is essentially a brief on how to reduce government bureaucracy and regulation, which has been a position of conservative economics for as long as I can remember. EPI also briefs lawmakers on how to implement liberal economic policy. I’d hardly call either of those undermining democracy.