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In a budget season that seems filled with distraction and endless excuses for cuts to vital community programs, let this be a clarifying statement... #MathIsReal #njbudget
In such difficult times when everyday families struggle to afford the basics, the decisionmaking on display by NJ lawmakers - failing to address the childcare funding gap but directing 100s of millions to Netflix & Paramount - speaks volumes. #mathisreal
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@Acyn Trump: “We’re cutting it 1000%, 1200%, nobody’s ever seen anything like it.”
Reality:
That’s not how percentages—or facts—work.
If math had feelings, it just filed a restraining order.
🟨 Flag on the fantasy.
Truth matters. Always.
#BullshitFlag #MathIsReal
"The increase S&P announced Monday is the eighth NJ has received since 2022 & only the 10th it’s seen since the 1960s...the state’s credit rating was downgraded 22 times between then & November 2020."
See what progressive tax policies get you? #MathIsReal https://t.co/3e2j5pG1KK
Trump says he’ll cut drug prices by 1,400%.
Cool—maybe next he’ll cure math.
Voters deserve real solutions, not campaign delirium.#DrugPrices #MathIsReal #PolicyNotPunchlinesAsk
It's the taxes, stupid. One party insists on implementing a post-neoliberal industrial policy while clinging to a 1980s trickle down tax regime (square peg round hole), and the other argues that lowering prices by crashing the economy is good. What are we even doing?
#MathIsReal
If you think some of the governor's proposed revenue raisers are bad, fine. I certainly have my quibbles with sin taxes.
But if you don't like them, what's your replacement?
Every dollar you don't raise is a dollar that has to be cut from a worthy program.
#MathIsReal
In 2022, Norway increased their wealth tax to 1.1%. In response, some high profile billionaires moved out of the country. According to a viral claim, this resulted in a net loss of revenue. Is this true?
No. Over the next two years, wealth tax revenue soared to all time highs.
I was gonna say "better late than never" but that this is even considered something to still be discovered or understood at a high level is just supremely distressing to me... obligatory #mathisreal
'50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says' --CBS News https://t.co/vbe954oZ73
I appreciate the expertise of economists, even those I disagree with (eg #MathIsReal) but I also remember many in the field dismissing Krueger's minimum wage research out of hand & thus preventing millions of workers from greater economic security for decades. So, it depends...
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It's not a difficult thing to structure a property tax program so that it supports the folks who are struggling most to afford costs of homeownership. The fact that the program continues to have a regressive impact means it's purposeful. Equity has left the building. #MathIsReal
NEW: Homeowners with the highest incomes will benefit even more from StayNJ thanks to one overlooked aspect of the program:
How it interacts with existing property tax credits, ANCHOR, and the Senior Freeze.
Read the full analysis here, by @ptrchn1: https://t.co/IwKAVhI2tk
11th hr halting of the congestion pricing plan is the dictionary definition of fiscal irresponsibility, plunging the MTA and, by extension, broader budget into unnecessary peril & vulnerability. The credit impacts alone are maddening, let alone basic funding tactics. #MathIsReal
The equitable tax campaign volley from @Groundwork was so major that it got picked up by the state-based @NJMonitor! Making major waves, keep up the great work @owenslindsay1 et al! #MathIsReal https://t.co/vQT0TMbSnp
Live shot of me, patiently waiting for anyone to take this mapping at different intervals and cross reference with property values and property tax amounts in flooded areas to quantify municipal economic impact and potential tax revenue loss. #MathIsReal
Which New Jersey towns will sink under water from sea level rise? Find out on this map https://t.co/qQyJZmw1CF via @asburyparkpress #NJ #environment
I got the chance to explore how other states go about their budgeting & how NJ fares in relation & lemme tell ya, I've got some thoughts. Come hear me chat about it & much more (including the no-brainer of funding NJ Transit) in Trenton on 5/16, hosted by @NJPolicy! #MathIsReal
Wow what a cool group of transit folks I wish I could hang out with them OH THATS RIGHT YOU CAN!
Come to our Budget & Brews event to chat about all things transit & budget: https://t.co/ifrVWbBYRz
Now, to me, because #MathIsReal, providing a tax credit is functionally the same as providing an appropriation, even if the money "doesn't touch govt hands."
They're literally called "tax expenditures" because they are functionally expenditures!
Folks know they've lost on the substance when they start arguing semantics. You can label it whatever you want, at the end of the day it still accomplishes something that should in no way, shape, or form be a priority or goal for the use of public dollars. #mathisreal
No matter how many layers of middlemen (and bonus tax avoidance!) you put in a private school tuition tax credit program, it's still fundamentally the same as vouchers -- sending public money to private mostly religious schools.
We love to see it. Illuminating brief by @EconomicPolicy: "In 2023, the share of Black and Hispanic people ages 25-54 with a job hit an all-time high...Black and Hispanic workers have also experienced stronger wage growth during this recovery." #MathIsReal
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tbh I chalk up my doggedness to the fact that, apparently (literally just learned this tonight after uncovering this very 80's piece of collateral), my dad's fantasy was "to be a consumer watchdog"....his FANTASY.
Game recognize game, dad. #MathIsReal etc etc so on and so forth
If there is one thing I have learned in New Jersey politics, it is this. Listen to @Brandon_McKoy.
Not only does he know what he's talking about, he always has the research to back it up. When he says the line discriminates against candidates of color, you can bet that it does.
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