Also, a victory for transparency and the lost leverage for Democrats on pandemic response. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 24, 2020.
Steve Mnuchin
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Mnuchin Knew Two Weeks Ago That Financial Predators Could Grab Emergency Coronavirus Checks
Also, the airline bailout gets locked in, and D.C. lobbying goes virtual. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 15, 2020.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Repeating the Mistakes of the 2008 Bailout
We needed to rescue the financial system in 2008, and we need to support sectors like airlines and aerospace now—but TARP is the wrong model.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Mnuchin Fails The ‘Mnuchin Test’
The Treasury secretary trips himself up trying to justify a tax cut that cannot possibly benefit the working class.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Mnuchin’s Promise to Not Cut Taxes for the Rich Is a Giant Farce
Democrats should grill the treasury secretary-designate about the Republicans’ planned windfall of tax cuts for the wealthy.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Steve Mnuchin: Trickle Downer of the Week
Trump’s treasury secretary pick says they won’t cut taxes for the rich. But he’s hawking Trumped-up Reaganomics.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Steve Mnuchin: Evictor, Forecloser, and Our New Treasury Secretary
Trump’s appointee is the very model of a predatory lender.
