Brian Wanlass @brianwanlass
Erstwhile Californian. Aspiring pamphleteer. Interested in how government works. governmentworks.substack.com Joined August 2012-
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“total effective tax rate—all taxes paid relative to economic income—of the top 0.0002% (approximately the “top 400”) averaged 24% in 2018–2020 compared with 30% for the full population and 45% for top labor income earners.”
ICE? More like snowflake.
ICE? More like snowflake.
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I’m 44. It only just clicked to me that every recession in my life started during a GOP administration. Not once under a Dem. (To be fair, you can’t blame Trump for the Covid one. Bad luck)
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New: CPFB Union names three DOGE “minions” that were spotted in the internal staff directory last night
Testing Public Trust and Institutional Legitimacy Starting now, looks great!
Testing Public Trust and Institutional Legitimacy Starting now, looks great!
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The federal government transfers approximately $1.1 TRILLION dollars every year to state and local governments. But no one is really evaluating whether the programs deploying these funds are functioning, let alone increasing community well-being.
"The point of placing loyalists in positions of influence isn’t to make the government work; it is to bend the government to the president’s will, whatever that might be." There Is a Reason Trump Wants Fewer ‘Adults in the Room’ nytimes.com/2024/11/15/opi…
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Economic populism is the richest man in the world assuming the role of the shitty Office Space consultants to fire potentially millions of middle class government employees.
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Xi Jinping inaugurated his second term with an anti-corruption purge that ran from 2012-2015, resulting in a massive turnover in the power structures of Chinese society. 1/
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Government works best when it's built by and with the people. Join the @OMBpress listening session on Nov 13, 3-4:30 pm ET to share your feedback on how Federal agencies can better engage with the public. Learn more and register now: ow.ly/k8e350U2zJE
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When a problem comes along, you must whip it
When a problem comes along, you must whip it
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🆕 A shadow on democracy? @FenzlMichele suggests that the shadow economy hurts democratic responsiveness because it reduces government revenues 📉 and decreases the reliability of economic statistics 💰. 👉 bit.ly/48yfDql #OA
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We’re not boarded up- we always look like this.
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YouGov blind-tested voters on 100+ Trump/Harris policies, i.e. without candidate names attached. Results: 1) Harris's agenda is way more popular than Trump's 2) Even on issues like crime 3) But unfortunately voters often don't know which ideas are hers 🧵 wapo.st/4dQpNUg
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