JMLakin

Opposed to the use of the word vermin by politicians, anytime, anyplace.
Intermittent Budget Advisor, OTA, US Treasury
Senior PFM Technical Advisor, IPF

[JMLakin @jmlakin]

Check out my new substack, tackling key themes of Just Dicta, such as the convoluted relationship between different forms of belief.

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Read more about why I wrote a novel about the law. And get a copy of the book over at https://t.co/QhRj95B72P

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Head over to Factotum, my Substack, to learn more about my new book, Just Dicta, and why I forgot to include an acknowledgement section. Find the book at https://t.co/QhRj95B72P

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No politician should ever use the word vermin to refer to human beings. Or even to animals, for that matter.

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Democracy is dying. Same old story. https://t.co/ktQ7wKAKG5

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Excited to share the final paper in @opengovpart’s Justice Policy Series, “Accountability for Democratic Renewal”, released at the #WorldJusticeForum! Check out my chapter on tax and fiscal policy: https://t.co/eZVRjq7CZk

[Bajeti Hub @bajeti_hub]

Changes in Supplementary Budget I for FY 2020/2021: What they say about #Kenya’s priorities amidst the #COVID19 pandemic. By @abrahamochieng and @jkinuthia08

#BudgetTransparency #OpenBudgets #SupplementaryBudget

https://t.co/mHUQY5q7om

[International Budget Partnership @OpenBudgets]

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[Open Governance Institute @OGI_Kenya]

Simplifying budgets study: Informed participation of citizens has the ability to facilitate governments and taxpayers to get the best value out of scarce public funds. However, budget documents are inaccessible - technical and voluminous. We tested simplification of budgets 1/

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What to expect when you're expecting tax changes in 2021: https://t.co/p5F4TpfBBX

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@LindseyGrahamSC I really wish I could take your concern for our institutions seriously, but unfortunately, you stopped caring about them years ago, and you think that a few lines from a president who cares about institutions even less than you do is worth something. It isn't. #TooLittleTooLate

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Income tax in Ireland did not collapse during the pandemic, because the people who lost their jobs are those who pay relatively little tax, notes @simoncoveney, Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs @ODIdev

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Listening to @ODIdev conference on inequality: @fhgferreira notes that while inequality has risen, policy response (inc/ cash tranfers, etc.) in at least 6 countries may have led to a decrease in inequality during the pandemic @OpenBudgets

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Say their names: https://t.co/L6ZjC41aE4

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Republicans must stand down and "stop the steal" when Congress returns to finalize the election results. The pro-Trump mob is fueled by the same lies as the suits inside.

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“This violence was the inevitable and ugly outcome of the president’s addiction to constantly stoking division.”- Rep Sasse, Republican, Nebraska.

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Check out my new paper with Paolo de Renzio on the role of civil society in tax reform:
https://t.co/3PTwUjGRzA
@TaxCompact @OpenBudgets @ICTDTax @TaxJusticeAfric @JKmuraguri @jkinuthia08 @abrahamrugo

[Bajeti Hub @bajeti_hub]

They picked out how projects are distributed across the wards, how priorities are given and the level of public participation in budgeting discussions.

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Is performance budgeting like Sisyphus rolling the rock up the hill? It might well be, at least as Albert Camus understood the myth: https://t.co/Dg9NsrHRC0 @jkinuthia08 @KipronoTM @JKmuraguri @HeleneBarroy @OpenBudgets