Chris Edwards

Editor of (@DownsizeTheFeds) at the Cato Institute.

[Cato Institute @CatoInstitute]

Federal farm subsidies have kept growing from occasional disaster relief into a sprawling system of commodity supports, crop insurance, sugar protection, and bailouts. With the backdrop of the Farm Bill, Cato’s @MrRBourne, @catoedwards, and @clark_packard discuss who really benefits, why reform never sticks, and how tariffs hurt farmers that Congress then subsidizes.

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[Chris Edwards @CatoEdwards]

@crsanchezx now show the freight rail maps

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@TheCityMentor what caused a decline in arch criticism?

[Chris Edwards @CatoEdwards]

@TomSteyer and take $20b out of the private economy thus reducing overall incomes and growth

[Dominik Lett @LettDominik]

Read my full article with @CatoEdwards here:
https://t.co/uz1btD7LeQ

[Dominik Lett @LettDominik]

Trump has fired at least 21 inspectors general (IGs) since taking office and is proposing to cut real IG funding by 23 percent between FY2025-FY2031. Weakening the IG system is a surefire way to undermine the administration's "war on fraud."

[Chris Edwards @CatoEdwards]

@reasonpolicy antitrust should be repealed and replaced by open entry

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@nickgillespie @TheBabylonBee "War" was new and fresh when it came out.

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We examine Trump's downsizing of inspector general offices across the government. Budgets are cut and IG offices are empty. https://t.co/F4B3gPmxIW

[Chris Edwards @CatoEdwards]

Those left critics are right--even if the EITC gets some people off the couch and increases labor supply, it pushes down market wages. Another good reason to repeal the EITC.

[Chuck Marr @ChuckCBPP]

@veroderugy @CatoEdwards Also I think, another key angle of this research relevant for EITC critics from the left -- who argue it subsidizes employers (through a channel of labor supply increase).

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@HistoryBoomer Right. The alternative is that "greedy weasels" with guns and power in the government will control us.

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A decade ago, @veroderugy and I argued that the costs of the EITC outweighed the benefits, which was an unfashionable view at the time. Now, mainstream researchers are coming around. https://t.co/aWBt9gPXFu

[Chris Edwards @CatoEdwards]

@punsalad @veroderugy You are right Paul! whoops, need more coffee

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@RominaBoccia https://t.co/FzC514Oxmw

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@CPopeHC @RominaBoccia https://t.co/FzC514Oxmw

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The top 10% pays 60% of all federal taxes, the bottom 20% pays effectively nothing, and last year’s tax cuts added new complexity. In a new Cato Podcast episode, @CatoEdwards and @adamnmichel unpack the numbers and make the case for real reform.

Apple: https://t.co/GKePqGBIIq
Spotify: https://t.co/6rYpjDi7iV
Our website: https://t.co/vP1ata5b8h

[Chris Edwards @CatoEdwards]

@reCognitiveBias @CatoInstitute @adamnmichel Basically correct James. We want everyone to save and build wealth--including rich people--because that benefits all of us. Wealth is socially beneficial. By contrast, most political interventions are socially damaging.

[Chris Edwards @CatoEdwards]

@nickgillespie Even worse, the GOP speaker for 8 years was a high-school wrestling coach who was not only financially corrupt but an alleged child abuser. In politics, the worst get to the top.

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@Noahpinion looks like a fire trap

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@aaron_lubeck fire and police don't like narrow streets