Katherine Pratt

Prof of Law & Sayre MacNeil Fellow. Follow fed tax law & policy, nutrition, public health.

[Katherine Pratt @prattkatie]

Public policy expert Don Moynihan speaking the truth about why young EM acolytes gleefully destroyed beneficial government programs:

https://t.co/gJJ1MXJdSP

[Katherine Pratt @prattkatie]

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[Katherine Pratt @prattkatie]

Many millions of low income households with children will lose health insurance through a combination of federal legislation—OBBBA—federal budget maneuvers, and executive branch regulatory overreach, as discussed in this post:
https://t.co/agaDd88bFg

[Rohit Lamba @rohlamba]

1/ Week 28: Theory paper in focus this week is the seminal article by Anthony Atkinson and @JosephEStiglitz that is now famously referred to as the "zero commodity/capital taxation" benchmark in public economics. It has led to much technical & policy debates. Let's find out.

[John Arnold @johnarnold]

Good illustration of how much the Texas grid has changed in just 6 years.
yellow = solar; purple = batteries; dark green = wind; blue = gas; brown = coal; light green = nuke

via @grid_status

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

The thermostatic backlash to the ICE rampages has already begun.

[Katherine Pratt @prattkatie]

Congrats to Tax Profs Tom Brennan and Bridget Crawford on their election to the American College of Tax Counsel!

TaxProf Blog: Tom Brennan (Harvard) & Bridget Crawford (Pace) Elected Fellows Of American College of Tax Counsel https://t.co/psS782U6c4

[Katherine Pratt @prattkatie]

TaxProf Blog: Guttentag: The New Law And Inequality Scholarship https://t.co/dtT2AVMirU

[Katherine Pratt @prattkatie]

Election Law expert Rick Hasen:

My Statement: Thoughts on the Despicable Assassination (and Attempted Assassination) of Minnesota Legislators, the Rise in Political Violence in the United States, and the Threats to Free and Fair Elections https://t.co/nTS24ciq3R

[Katherine Pratt @prattkatie]

The GOP says it protects Medicaid, but cuts enrollment by creating excessive enrollment burdens for ELIGIBLE persons to show “work.” Read this NYT piece Medicaid cuts , by @donmoyn https://t.co/zl7sNQenZz

[Katherine Pratt @prattkatie]

The GOP plan to cut the EITC via administrative burdens https://t.co/90HiZkkZb4

[Katherine Pratt @prattkatie]

Here is a specific thing you can do to fight Trump's politicization of public services, by @donmoyn https://t.co/0rHtMIiLOx

[Katherine Pratt @prattkatie]

Nonprofits/tax exempt orgs scholar Ellen Aprill expertly applies the relevant law and assesses current threats to TE orgs.

TaxProf Blog: Aprill: Revoking Tax-Exemption For Pursuit Of DEI https://t.co/hYga8KZQAl

[Al Roker @alroker]

Going into the severe weather and hurricane season, this cannot be good.

The Commerce Department has laid off hundreds of NOAA employees, many with specialized skills who work at one of the world's top climate science and weather forecasting agencies.
Why it matters: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is responsible for providing weather watches and warnings, monitoring and studying Earth's climate, as well as operating weather satellites and protecting marine life.
The layoffs of probationary employees that began Thursday hit soon after cuts at the behest of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency occurred at other climate and environment agencies.
The big picture: NOAA's missions require staff to work around the clock to monitor dangerous weather, earthquakes that could cause tsunamis, and other hazards.
In recent weeks, NOAA's National Weather Service has issued warnings for deadly flooding in Kentucky, heavy snow, frigid temperatures and other hazards across the country.
While NOAA had pushed for public safety exemptions from the layoffs for NWS meteorologists, not all were granted. A congressional aide reported hearing that "some" at NWS were spared but "not many."

[Cheri Jacobus @CheriJacobus]

Trump spent almost an entire year of Yosemite National Park budget to party at the Super Bowl.
Our tax dollars.

[Martin O'Malley @MartinOMalley]

The Republican House has already reduced staffing at Social Security to a 50 year low, now co-Presidents Musk and Trump want to cut customer service in half.

I ran the agency so count on this truth — these cuts will inflict a lot of pain on seniors and people with disabilities.

[Anna Bower @AnnaBower]

A federal judge has granted expedited discovery in a case alleging privacy violations related to DOGE access to Labor Department records. Discovery includes interrogatories concerning the chain of command and sworn testimony of a DOGE staffer:
https://t.co/b72SLCvOH3

[Dr. Levi Cowan @TropicalTidbits]

Probationary employees across @NOAA and the @NWS are being terminated today, including those in mission-essential roles.

My own wife is among them, essential to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's 24/7 critical mission of seismic monitoring and tsunami prediction to protect the public.

Remember, most of the NWS is understaffed as it is. While there surely is waste to be found, this is not where to look. Indeed, this is not "looking." This is a blind swing of a sword.

[Susan Glasser @sbg1]

Just had lunch with a friend, who was reading this when I arrived and highly recommends: