Paul Van de Water @PaulNVandeWater
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On Wednesday at the @BrookingsInst, we celebrated the brilliance and contributions of preeminent scholars--who collectively contributed 258 years of scholarship to the Institution. A heartfelt thank you to this group. brookings.edu/articles/honor…
Beyond the Data From @DrewAltman: Forward or Backward on the Uninsured? connect.kff.org/beyond-the-dat…
TaxProf Blog: America's Failure To Rescue Parents: A Narrative Of Inequitable Tax “Reform” taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2…
White House fact sheet on RSC budget: Extreme House Republican Plan Would Cut Medicare and Social Security While Slashing Taxes for Big Corporations and the Wealthy | The White House whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
Actually, in total, Medicare Advantage plans are projected to get an increase. Author of opinion piece, Beutler is lobbyist for MA plans.
Actually, in total, Medicare Advantage plans are projected to get an increase. Author of opinion piece, Beutler is lobbyist for MA plans.
Great substance, but why is it classified “secret”?
Great substance, but why is it classified “secret”?
With more U.S. aid, a recruiting boost, and an impressive military push through a small section of the front line, Ukraine might have a chance to liberate half or more of its occupied territory. The odds are tough, but not hopeless, says @MichaelEOHanlon. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…
#ICYMI: The percentage of adults age 65 and older covered by both private #HealthInsurance and Medicare decreased from 47.9% in 2017 to 39.6% in 2022, reflecting older adults’ increased reliance on Medicare coverage alone. Learn more on #AmericaCounts: census.gov/library/storie…
The CBO doesn't get enough credit for its insanely stylish logo
House Ag Committee Chair Thompson is expected to soon unveil his #FarmBill proposal, which would cut future #SNAP benefits & ignore scientific evidence in updates to the #ThriftyFoodPlan, the basis for SNAP benefit levels. More in our new analysis: cbpp.org/research/food-…
A trio of new reports out today from @hamiltonproj at @BrookingsInst shows stunning gaps in the US safety net for non-elderly adults (age 18-64) who aren’t raising children and don’t meet the stringent criteria for federal disability benefits. 🧵
Cape cranberry growers get state awards to improve harvest, businesses capecodtimes.com/story/business…
Anti-abortion organizations have plans for how a Trump administration could use the 1873 Comstock Act to sharply restrict the availability of abortion nationwide. We explain. kff.org/womens-health-…
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The new show 'Fallout' on Amazon Prime is a fantastic video game adaptation and further proof that the curse of games-to-screen is broken. trib.al/QTA56hh
@MattFriedmanNJ Privatization of education takes multiple forms now, and tax credits are one. Democrats, like NJ's Cory Booker, in DFER push the Right's policies like vouchers, charters, and standardized testing.
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@PaulNVandeWater I wrote about this last year. gracedowwrites.com/2022/12/28/why…
Getting tax cheats to pay up and helping compliant taxpayers meet their obligations should be a bipartisan issue. Nobody wants to pay more taxes or foist more debt on their kids because we let criminals skirt their legal obligations.
Why cutting IRS funding is not a conservative move @Brian_Riedl washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…
The absurdity of all this was neatly illustrated when the law's Republican sponsor was asked what it looks like to teach slavery, the Holocaust and 9/11 impartially. Hilarity ensued. 5/ washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…
NEW: A seven-month congressional probe finds tax-prep companies spent years sharing taxpayer data with Meta and Google in potential violation of federal law — data that in some cases was misused for targeted ads: cnn.com/2023/07/12/tec…
Ok. Q&A time. We’ll close it out around 9pm EST. What’s on your mind?
@PaulNVandeWater #Medicareadvantge : What was intended to be an experiment to show that private insurance companies could provide our parents and grandparents with better more affordable care has turned into a hundreds of billions of dollars giveaway to corporate interests #peoplefirstcare
@Markzandi Our sample size of recessions in models is so small. We’ve had 13 since WW2 and each was unique in causes and outcomes. Models built on such a small sample size and heterogeneous data are weak. Economists should stay humble in their forecasting give this reality
@abughazalehkat @GeorgeTakei Also Carter was a navy veteran, for those jumping to conclusions.
65 years ago, Berry Gordy took out a loan from his family, gathered some young people from around the way and, against a backdrop of rampant racial hostility, created a brand new beat. He called it Motown. #blackhistorymonth2023 @RonDeSantisFL @GovRonDeSantis
Aiming today for social media supremacy in Business-Economics-History. Launch for “Slouching Towards Utopia” <bit.ly/3pP3Krk> If I have any social-network credit with you at all, I want to spend it; if I don’t may I borrow some?: Please like, retweet, **and** reply
@ZaidJilani @PaulNVandeWater It matters if it is your child or grandchild with Covid.
"If the benefit enhancements were made permanent, without further tax increases or other offsets, the long-run actuarial deficit would be worse than under current law." - @PaulNVandeWater and Kathleen Romig of @CenterOnBudget cbpp.org/research/socia…
"If the bill’s benefit increases were all made permanent Social Security’s financial picture would worsen compared to current law." @CenterOnBudget throws cold water on HR2100 and its myriad gimmicks. @PaulNVandeWater Kathleen Romig write bit.ly/3AREWVG
Maybe, just maybe, #SocialSecurity disability recipients are really, really sick, so very few of them have the capacity to return to work, which would make all the incentives in the world to return to work useless.
Another Social Security Disability Insurance demonstration of benefit offset finds limited effect on earnings. mathematica.org/projects/promo…
Real leadership from @BillPascrell. See his letter👇 calling on Treasury to shut down one of the worst tax dodges: high-net-worth taxpayers claiming stepped-up basis on assets in intentionally defective grantor trusts. For background, see: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…. 👏👏👏
Today I’m calling on the Treasury Department to crackdown on billionaire tax abuse by stopping manipulation of the worst loophole in the tax code.
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