Steve Rosenthal

Tax policy enthusiast.

[Steve Rosenthal @stevertax]

@pdriessentax As I recall, JCT just assumed a 10-year long run, to phase in a transition from short-run to long-run in the 10-year budget window. I do not think JCT based its 10 years on any empircal evidence. (I've looked for work on the long run, but never found any.)

[Steve Rosenthal @stevertax]

@George_A_Callas And here we return to my question for your original post: why do you believe Virginia legislators acted in bad faith. Why do you believe the Virginia Constituion is unambiguous. 3 dissenting Virginia justices, and many Democrats, including me, believe otherwise.

[Steve Rosenthal @stevertax]

@George_A_Callas But I also accept there is some ambiguity on the term "election," with no direct precedent. That said, a majority of Virginia voters, and two different Virginia assemblies embraced redistricting. I would defer to the voters and their elected representatives.

[Steve Rosenthal @stevertax]

@George_A_Callas 3 million Virginia voters went to the polls, after weeks of debate and tens of millions of dollars of political expenditures. And then 4 Virginia justices decided their votes don't count, wielding a strained interpretation of the Virginia Constitution. That's disenfranchisement.

[Steve Rosenthal @stevertax]

@George_A_Callas And the slender majority, one vote, disenfranchised 3 million Virginia voters. Ridiculous.

[Steve Rosenthal @stevertax]

@George_A_Callas Since when do Republicans exalt Constitutional "purpose" over Constitutional language? To me, four Virginia justices stretched the term "election" to cover early voting periods. And overrode two different Virginia legislative assemblies, before and after the election day.

[Steve Rosenthal @stevertax]

@George_A_Callas That said, I think Virginia's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was pointless. Perhaps Virginia wanted to lose its "independent state legislature" argument. But the Court still might adopt this argument later if made by Republicans/Trump. https://t.co/kaufdu9muN

[Steve Rosenthal @stevertax]

@George_A_Callas The decision by Virginia Supreme Court was 4-3, and turned on a strained reading of the date of Virginia's earlier election. Why do you assert the Virginia legislators acted in bad faith?

[Steve Rosenthal @stevertax]

@Fritschner Right--and remember the Virginia Supreme Court's decision was 4-3. A single judge disenfranchised 3 million voters, which is absurd.

[Steve Rosenthal @stevertax]

@Andy_Bloch I could not understand how anyone could play a card game without counting the cards (I played a lot of bridge --and studied math, and later law, at Berkeley). So, I felt good, but the signs that said card cheats and card counters would be expelled were intimidating.

[Steve Rosenthal @stevertax]

@Andy_Bloch No, but I worried about it (I was young). I played smaller stakes and trippled or quadrupled my bets with positive counts. Lots of opportunities with a single and double decks, but I quit playing after the shift to 4- and 6-deck shoes.

[Steve Rosenthal @stevertax]

@Eddiefelson2019 @lessr90134 @Andy_Bloch Impeach, duh . . .

[Steve Rosenthal @stevertax]

@DeanBaker13

[Steve Rosenthal @stevertax]

@johnarnold @dicktofel @howard_gleckman @TaxPolicyCenter (@dicktofel always gets to the point quickly. In 1980, Dick barged into our Harvard Kennedy School class pronouncing: "The President has been shot.")

[Steve Rosenthal @stevertax]

@johnarnold @dicktofel Similar problem with the structure of legal analysis: a statement of facts, a statement of law and, finally, application of law to facts. @howard_gleckman, our editor at @TaxPolicyCenter, trained me to flip this order.

[Steve Rosenthal @stevertax]

@kpomerleau Ok, our corporate tax still departs from a cash flow tax. But it’s moved that direction over the last 10 years. So, directionally, shouldn’t we raise corporate rates? Aren’t Fox/Liscow correct? https://t.co/s83pPPvTJ4

[Steve Rosenthal @stevertax]

@JStein_WaPo You're the best. Good luck.