Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
It is weird. A few people I know say stuff like "It's not even worth bringing a child into this world, because it's about to be destroyed", and then almost everyone else is like, "Sure climate change is bad, but what about the SALT deduction?"...
Josh Barro @jbarro
I see essays premised on "overwhelming anxiety" related to climate being a common mental health issue, and then I look at Gallup polling on the "most important problem" in the US and see three (3) percent of Americans name *any* environment issue. https://t.co/QbpYXMblK6
3:39 AM · Sep 23, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
There are these people who talk about how life isn't even worth living because of climate catastrophe etc. etc., and then more than 2/3 of Americans say they wouldn't pay $10 a month or accept a 25-cent gas tax to fight climate change.
3:16 PM · Sep 23, 2021
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Brian Gawalt@bgawalt
"Daddy, overnight I *grew*!"
"How big did you grow?"
"Now I'm the size of a parent!"
"Oh, nice; what are you gonna do now, that you couldn't do yesterday?"
"I'm gonna make *mistakes!*"
2:59 PM · Sep 23, 2021
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Kim-Mai Cutler@kimmaicutler
Not having a step-up basis for heirs/inheritance but making Americans pay unrealized capital gains or mark-to-market taxes on volatile and illiquid holdings seems dumb.
Lindsey McPherson @lindsemcpherson
UPDATE on pay-for framework:
Neal and Wyden were both party to the agreement on what does not appear a significantly narrowed menu of options.
Neal says everything in the Ways and Means reported bill is on the menu.
But stepped up basis, which was on Wyden's menu, is not.
6:15 PM · Sep 23, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
There's a real issue about Airbnb's impact on housing supply (though also a way to fix it other than banning Airbnb) but what's the case that lots of tourists coming to your city is bad? Seems like a good way to create jobs, income, and tax revenue.
6:16 PM · Sep 23, 2021
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