Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2022-07 to 2023-08.
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The Inflation Reduction Act is misnamed and will actually increase inflation rather than reduce it.
“The Inflation Reduction Act just passed the senate good rule of thumb is when a bill is titled something it's the opposite of that so we'll get into that today and how it affects you and they'll tell you that it won't affect you and it will affect you”
StevenCrowder · Aug 2022 · 1 episode · 639K views on this topicThe Inflation Reduction Act will effectively kill the prospect of a carbon tax by providing sufficient subsidies to create market-level competition between energy sources.
“I actually think that what this bill did was killed the idea of a carbon tax. I think it makes it completely unimportant, and it'll never see the light of day.”
The All-In Podcast · Aug 2022 · 2 episodes · 542K views on this topicGovernment subsidies for EVs and similar technology are unnecessary, wasteful, and distort well-functioning markets.
“The the EV tax credit is just giving away money to EV car manufacturers. There's already enough demand, the prices are low enough. There's enough consumer interest, there's enough consumer intent. I don't think you need to put this money out there, distort the market that's already functioning well.”
The All-In Podcast · Jul 2022 · 2 episodes · 542K views on this topic
The act is an irresponsible, anachronistic bill that increases taxes during a recession and primarily serves as pork-barrel spending for special interests.
“The whole bill seems anachronistic. You know, first of all, it's raising taxes by 739 billion at a time when we're entering a recession. I don't know any economist who thinks that tax increases help the economy. We just talked about how the economy is in a really tenuous position.”
The All-In Podcast · Jul 2022 · 2 episodes · 542K views on this topicThe Inflation Reduction Act lowers costs for Americans, grows the middle class, and takes significant action on climate change.
“we're going to lower your costs and we're going to grow the middle class with lots of good paying jobs”
Pod Save America · Aug 2023 · 1 episode · 150K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.