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my own thoughts on unions, education and public finance.

[ed muir @edmuir]

@NormOrnstein I suspect they'd seed lower; Julius is also all NBA. I love Kat's character, not soft. Think the coaching put a ceiling on his O, albeit a high one. Made All NBA yet never got to play 5 out. But dumb fouls and myriad defensive lapses hurt as much as the good stretches helped.

[KY 120 United-AFT @120Strong]

KY120 United AFT stands in solidarity with students taking action to demand a voice in their education and for our schools to be adequately funded. We applaud them for targeting systemic failures by policy makers, rather than undervalued individual schools or teachers. ( 🧵1/2)

[ed muir @edmuir]

@RottenInDenmark The spillovers in education reform were not helpful. Gave energy to test based accountability, even if that wasn't really the lesson.

[Paul E Williams @PEWilliams_]

Direct pay proposed guidance is out and the rules are largely positive and largely in line with how CPE has envisioned the program operating.
Refer to Chirag’s thread here for details on the key provisions (payment schedules, eligibility, transferability, partnerships, etc).

[Chirag Lala @CtheLala]

LIFTOFF! Treasury released proposed direct pay rules for IRA tax credits. Share this LIVE thread if you’re curious about the implications for public generation, state capacity, and industrial policy! @PubEnterprise @PEWilliams_

https://t.co/rfwTSdhVKQ

[David Moon @DavidMoon2014]

I'm renewing efforts to meet lawmakers from other states to create treaties & policy models we can deploy to stop corporations from pitting states against each other (to get tax dollars without a clear public benefit). Check out my oped with @AnnaForFlorida & @stateinnovation 👇

[Americans For Tax Fairness @4TaxFairness]

Netflix paid an effective federal income tax rate of 0.8% on $10.5 billion in profits from 2018-2021.

Those of us paying for Netflix paid a much higher tax rate while making a tiny fraction of their profits.

Why should Netflix get millions more in tax breaks in the lame-duck?

[The Knicks Wall @TheKnicksWall]

NEW TKWEEKLY: Four quarters of @kylemaggio @ihateshaun & @dan_ny_b begging for more Obi minutes and celebrating the success of the #BenchTheFrench movement. Tune in NOW! https://t.co/nN1H66mbRV

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

What do these two graphs tell you?
1. In terms of levels, unemployment is near historic lows.
2. And in terms of change, it continues to improve at historically rapid rates.

I'm struck by the persistent bad news bias in econ reporting that folks aren't celebrating these facts.

[ed muir @edmuir]

@Noahpinion @StacyPatton89 Seoul may have better public infrastructure, but the budget comparisons here are unsound. NYC subway has 700 miles track, compared to 200 in Seoul. Cost of living in NY is 44% higher. MTA budget number includes buses, LIRR and Metro North.

[CEEP @soeceep]

New brief: Study by @Y_canbolat_ finds the competition from #SchoolVouchers has detrimental impacts on #PublicSchools and students. https://t.co/XnoO1Tc28v #edchat #edpolicy

[Martin Sullivan @M_SullivanTax]

"we find no evidence of changes in real economic activity as measured by physical investment, wages to non-owners, or employment of nonowners..."
https://t.co/QLxN7Ibbkh

[Josh Cowen @joshcowenMI]

In Milwaukee we showed ~15% #schoolvouchers kids give up every year and go back to public schools. They’re more likely to be Black, lowest income and they do much better when they return to public school. #azed #wisced #miched
https://t.co/7zhYE6TRlr

[Heidi Shierholz @hshierholz]

Headline inflation was *zero* in July as gas prices and airfares fell (and gas prices will likely see an even bigger drop next month). Core inflation also took a dive. 1/

[Elise Gould @eliselgould]

Strong #JobsReport out this morning with 528,000 jobs added in July as the unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5% and the employment-to-population ratio ticked up to 60.0%.
https://t.co/x7clGP0al4

[Dean Baker @DeanBaker13]

#jobsday unemployment rate for Hispanics falls to 3.9 percent, a record low

[Mike Konczal @mtkonczal]

Remarkable number. Payroll job growth this month is higher (as a percent of employment) than 93 percent of monthly job numbers since 1980.

[Josh Cowen @joshcowenMI]

Why do I oppose #vouchers after once being open to them?
#edpolicy #edpolitics #MichEd #DeVos #Ducey #education #edchat @palan57 @pastors4txkids
The evidence, the outcomes, and this moral, political moment. My latest in @hechingerreport 👇
https://t.co/jhdjWnxqbk