Commentary: At 100 Days, an Emerging Agenda that Hurts Struggling Americans
End Notes
[1] Congressional Budget Office, “American Health Care Act,” March 13, 2017, https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52486.
[2] See Aviva Aron-Dine, “ACA Marketplaces Poised for Greater Price Stability and Competition, But Also Vulnerable to Sabotage,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), April 18, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/aca-marketplaces-poised-for-greater-price-stability-and-competition-but-also.
[3] See Sarah Lueck, “Trump Administration Finalizes Rule that Will Raise Consumer Costs, Discourage Enrollment and Weaken Marketplaces,” CBPP, April 13, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-administration-finalizes-rule-that-will-raise-consumer-costs-discourage-enrollment-and.
[4] For a more comprehensive list of Administration and congressional actions on labor and employment issues, see the Economic Policy Institute’s “Perkins Project on Worker Rights and Wages: Policy Watch,” http://www.epi.org/policywatch/.
[5] Occupational Safety and Health Administration, https://www.osha.gov/silica/index.html.
[6] Occupational Safety and Health Administration, https://www.osha.gov/berylliumrule/index.html.
[7] Occupational Safety and Health Administration, https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=33561.
[8] See Paul Van de Water, “Trump Move Harms Retirement Savers, Helps Wall Street,” CBPP, February 8, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-move-harms-retirement-savers-helps-wall-street.
[9] Council of Economic Advisers, “The Effects of Conflicted Investment Advice on Retirement Savings,” February 2015, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/docs/cea_coi_report_final.pdf.
[10] Craig Copeland, Employment-Based Retirement Plan Participation: Geographic Differences and Trends, 2013, Employee Benefit Research Institute, Issue Brief No. 405, October 2014, https://www.ebri.org/pdf/EBRI_IB_405_Oct14.RetPart.pdf.
[11] For a summary of the rule, see: https://www.dol.gov/sites/default/files/overtime-overview.pdf.
[12] CFPB periodically publishes information about the complaints related to student loans and student loan servicing. See https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-monthly-snapshot-spotlights-student-loan-complaints/. In October 2015, CFPB issued a comprehensive report, “Annual report of the CFPB student loan ombudsman 2015,” https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/research-reports/annual-report-of-the-cfpb-student-loan-ombudsman-2015/.
[13] Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, “DeVos dials back consumer protections for student loan borrowers,” Washington Post, April 11, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/04/11/devos-dials-back-consumer-protections-for-student-loan-borrowers/?utm_term=.ecf2afceee38.
[14] “The 1-page White House handout on Trump’s tax proposal,” April 26, 2017, http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/26/politics/white-house-donald-trump-tax-proposal/.
[15] Lily Batchelder, “Families Facing Tax Increases Under Trump’s Tax Plan,” Tax Policy Center, October 28, 2016, http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/families-facing-tax-increases-under-trumps-tax-plan-0.
[16] Chye-Ching Huang, “New Trump Executive Action Could Make it Easier for Profitable Corporations to Avoid U.S. Taxes,” CBPP, April 21, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/blog/new-trump-executive-action-could-make-it-easier-for-profitable-corporations-to-avoid-us-taxes.