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The proposal for new investment accounts didn’t change the bill’s highly regressive nature.
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
As the world’s largest economy turns inward and adopts beggar-thy-neighbor policies, other countries would respond in kind, adopting regressive protectionist policies, as happened during the Great Depression.
—Emily Kilcrease, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2025
Once the Doctor clocks in for work at UNIT (now the Unified National Insurance Team), the signs really start to become clear that this is the type of regressive world that Conrad would dream up.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 May 2025
The image, posted to her Instagram Wednesday, shows the singer being dragged across the floor by her hair—a choice some say promotes regressive gender stereotypes.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
As the world’s largest economy turns inward and adopts beggar-thy-neighbor policies, other countries would respond in kind, adopting regressive protectionist policies, as happened during the Great Depression.
—Emily Kilcrease, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2025
Once the Doctor clocks in for work at UNIT (now the Unified National Insurance Team), the signs really start to become clear that this is the type of regressive world that Conrad would dream up.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 May 2025
The image, posted to her Instagram Wednesday, shows the singer being dragged across the floor by her hair—a choice some say promotes regressive gender stereotypes.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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