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Poison Pill? Why Dems' Inflation Reduction Act May Become GOP Headache Ahead of 2024 Election_我的网站
一 | "It’s pretty clear that no one on either side of the aisle think the name-switch to 'Inflation Reduction Act' has anything to do with the idea that the legislation is designed to reduce inflation," explained Michael R. Englund, principal director and chief economist for Action Economics.,"I think US politicians are increasingly resigned to the view that neither side is able to change public opinion, so the goal is simply to push through their agendas and raise funds for elections. The title change made Manchin’s vote a smidgeon easier, and maybe that tipped the scales.",The newly signed law levies a 15% minimum tax on large corporations and offers tax credits and discounts on everything from electric cars to solar energy. It also looks to cap out-of-pocket drug costs and reduce the federal deficit by $305 billion over roughly the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). However, despite its name, it does not offer an immediate curb on inflation which still stays at a 40-year high in the US.,When asked by Fox News reporter Hillary Vaughn whether the bill will immediately have an impact on galloping prices, Democratic Senator Joe Manchin responded, "Well, immediately it’s not. We've never [said] anything would happen immediately, like turn the switch on and off.",Americas‘Addicted to Spending Your Money’: US Republican Slams Democrats Over Inflation Reduction ActYesterday, 15:26 GMT,The bill was passed by the Senate on August 7 in a party-line vote using budget reconciliation, which allowed the Dems to ram the legislation through the upper chamber with a simple majority rather than needing to meet a 60-vote threshold. None of GOP lawmakers voted for the bill and remain highly skeptical about it.,"It does nothing to bring the economy out of stagnation and recession, but rather, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 gives us higher taxes, more spending, higher prices and an army of IRS agents,” said Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, as quoted by National Review.,The media outlet further cites an independent analysis performed by the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School which stated that despite its name, the bill’s impact on inflation is "expected to be statistically indistinguishable from zero.",Furthermore, GOP lawmakers have repeatedly warned that the Biden administration's spending spree may further facilitate already soaring inflation. Meanwhile, the latest $739 billion measure comes after the passage of the Democratic Party's $1.9 trillion spending bill in March 2021 and a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure spending bill in November 2021.,"Raising taxes and spending is doing the exact opposite of how to truly curb price inflation," said Tom Luongo, a financial and political commentator. "All they did was mandate a bunch of price controls (on drugs, for example) which will ultimately create shortages for things with inelastic demand, further exasperating existent cost-push inflation pressures. Price floors and price ceilings create shortages. The net effect will be higher prices. With the government now more openly subsidizing specific sectors of the economy, they will ensure an increase in demand while capping the supply.",GOP Lawmakers Blast Biden’s ‘Inflation Reduction Act’, Say It Will Make Inflation Worse7 August, 19:05 GMT,Dems Need the Law to Campaign in Midterm Elections,According to the observers, the bill's major purpose is to reinvigorate the Democratic Party's base ahead of the November midterm election and stop Joe Biden's approval rating slide. A Politico-Morning Consult poll released on Wednesday indicated that the US president's approval rating ticked up 3 percentage points after the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. At the same time, the number of registered voters who disapproved of Biden's job performance dropped from 59% to 56%.,"[The law] will give the Democrats something to campaign on," said Luongo. "They can now point to this act and say, 'See! We care about your drug prices but pay no attention to the insane rise in price of food, rent, gas and taxes… or those 87,000 armed IRS agents now being trained to take your couch money'.",However, "the net impact of the bill is that it may modestly boost Democrat turnout in November, and it may modestly boost Democratic fundraising," projected Englund, adding that "this comes at the risk of some modest boost for Republican turnout and fundraising that negates the benefit.","I’m not sure that, overall, the legislation is impactful enough to ultimately change the likely November electoral outcome," the economist said.,Still, there is more to the Inflation Reduction Act than meets the eye, according to Luongo: the financial commentator believes that "in the long run, this bill is a poison pill.","[The law] is designed to ensure inflation returns with a vengeance while the GOP is in power so that they can campaign on that in 2024. Honestly, it’s just so tiresome," Luongo concluded.。 昨天傍晚六点半，杭州东站未来数智港，提着电脑包的田静从电梯里走出——这位“95后”手作小摊主，刚刚打烊便匆匆赶来。白天守小店，晚间赶夜校，一场专为上城青春小店和市集摊主量身打造的“数智港AI夜校”暨“超级个体”主理人成长营，正式拉开帷幕。
二 | 首期课程为期4天，从8月13日持续至16日，共吸引31位扎根上城的青年创业者参与。“95后”手作主理人田静、咖啡品牌主理人徐贝城、“00后”文创主理人林婉茵……这群年轻面孔，怀揣着同一个期待：用AI为自家小店赋能。
三 | 田静经营手作小摊已满一年，说起创业的难处，有点无奈：“每次出摊或上新，海报要自己设计，短视频要自己剪，朋友圈文案要自己写，样样都得硬扛。
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五 | 在上城，一间间“小而美”的青春小店、一个个热闹鲜活的市集，既是街巷烟火气的源泉，也是青年创业梦的载体；但绝大多数个体店主都是“单打独斗”，人手有限，数字化宣传和品牌包装成了横在眼前的共同难题。捕捉到这些真实痛点，上城团区委联合未来数智港、浙江传媒学院培训中心，依托深受年轻人喜爱的青年夜校模式，打造了这场AI实训营，将AIGC实用技能直接送到创业者身边。三方分工明确、协同发力：团区委牵头统筹，链接青年店主资源；未来数智港提供数字化教室与配套硬件，开放产业资源；浙江传媒学院培训中心则发挥专业优势，派出具有丰富AI实操经验的专属讲师。开营第一课上，AIGC讲师岳松带来《AI认知与人机沟通》。他分享说，AI不会替代懂行业的人，但会极大放大懂行业的人的能力——前提是学会把“高级”“好看”这类模糊形容词“翻译”成具体细节。田静听得很认真，一边记笔记一边在电脑上尝试操作。一堂课下来，她发现原来AI门槛没那么高，只要一步步拆解需求，便生成了贴合店铺风格的文案和配图建议。
六 | “夜校的上课时间特意选在傍晚，精准贴合店主经营作息，不耽误白天营业。”上城团区委相关负责人介绍，本次成长营以数字AI工具运用为核心，目标很明确：用低成本、易上手的AI工具，帮个体创业者独立搞定品牌包装、内容宣传，切实降低小微创业的数字化门槛，让他们从“单打独斗”变身数智“超级个体”。AI夜校是上城区青年发展型城区建设、升级青年夜校服务的一次创新尝试，后续将根据学员的经营反馈持续优化课程安排，希望这盏夜间教室的灯光，点亮小微创业者的梦想。
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