Biden’s Child Tax Credit has the potential to:
✅ Benefit 65 million children
✅ Reach 27 million children who previously didn't get the full credit
✅ Lift 4 million children above the federal poverty line
@areeba_haidr and @GgrHendricks in @thehill: https://t.co/wtbBuqoj8R
We loved @SethHanlon and @GgrHendricks explanation of how different families would benefit from the cash provisions in the American Rescue Plan that we made cute cartoons of their examples. https://t.co/jO52CnfbXA
Risk of over-reacting with fiscal stimulus is trivial. Risk of under-reacting is overwhelming. And under-reacting will *cause* massive human suffering. Hold policymakers accountable. We have no shortage of ideas that are virtually guaranteed to help.
The #JobsReport shows--yet again--good job growth and weak wage growth. The unemployment rate has been at or below 4% for two years, and wage growth is, if anything, *decelerating.*
When considering today's #JobsDay numbers it's important to recognize that much of the employment growth has been in industries that pay BELOW average weekly earnings. Assessing top-line numbers without greater context distorts the reality facing many workers in this country.
Happy #jobsday to all.
Nursing a serious candy hangover this AM, so I'm keeping this short:
Jobs day preview in 4 charts
Or read the issue brief Cuong Nguyen, @GgrHendricks & I put up yesterday
https://t.co/krMlUnKeyI
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THREAD: As you're finishing up your taxes, get this:
60 Fortune 500 companies paid NO TAXES—and some ”even less than zero”—on a combined $79 BILLION in profits last year.
Tell us again how the #GOPTaxScam is “for working families?"
https://t.co/wI4dU2Qr2X
Great new piece from @saraestep3 - When it comes to policing high-end tax evasion, there are nowhere near enough cops on the beat.
https://t.co/RKtc6bc81f
A quick thread on the economics of a much higher top rate for the super-rich.
TL;DR version is that @AOC is on very solid ground here.
There is a lot of evidence that from an economic and fiscal perspective, we'd be way better off with top rates approaching 70.
.@SethHanlon, @GgrHendricks, and I with some ideas to improve the budget process: (1) strengthen CBO; (2) stop favoring tax expenditures over spending; (3) get rid of the debt ceiling; and (4) streamline the budget process.
https://t.co/xQSo2rmviZ
Trump today: the deficit is a national emergency that requires freezing pay for workers fighting forest fires or processing Social Security checks
Also Trump today: maybe I'll unilaterally provide hundreds of billions in new tax breaks for the wealthy in violation of the law