John Arnold

@JohnArnoldFndtn

Co-chair of Laura and John Arnold Foundation

Houston
arnoldfoundation.org
Joined October 2013
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Mar 19

    I’ve now been called the next Koch brother by the far left press and the next George Soros by the far right. I’m an equal opportunity special interest pot stirrer.

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  2. Retweeted
    Jul 3

    "If this sounds like so many previous efforts, it's not." Dallas News discusses major initiative to expand research and knowledge about how to reduce gun violence while protecting individual rights.

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  3. Jun 30

    “Abolish ICE” is a great slogan to win a Democratic primary and lose the general.

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  4. Retweeted
    Jun 29

    Kudlow telling Trump that deficits are going down when they're actually going up reminds me of some Soviet apparatchik reporting record grain harvests... 😂😭

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  5. Jun 29

    Crazy stat that homeless population accounts for 52% of arrests in Portland. That's why we at are supporting new ideas to break the cycle of homelessness, addiction, mental and physical health issues, & criminal justice interactions.

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  6. Jun 27

    Deficit = Revenue - Spending They both matter.

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  7. Jun 26

    A group of hospital systems has announced plans to start a non-profit generic drug company. Now we need a non-profit PBM.

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    Jun 26

    The words "breakthrough" and "mice" do not belong in the same sentence.

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  9. Jun 26

    One benefit of risk assessment tools is to improve the consistency of decisions across judges. The decision on whether someone is jailed or not is too important to depend on the random assignment of judges.

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  10. Jun 22

    As Yuval Levin writes: "many members of Congress have come to see themselves as players in a larger political ecosystem the point of which is not legislating or governing but rather engaging in a kind of performative outrage for a partisan audience."

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  11. Jun 22

    These immigration votes in the House is a great illustration of how much effort in congress is political theater versus actually trying to solve problems.

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  12. Jun 22

    For some context, last year the House budget resolution forecast a $472 billion deficit for this year. The actual deficit will be right around $800 billion.

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  13. Jun 22

    Meanwhile, here's the updated projection from the CBO. It forecasts $2.272 trillion more deficit from '18-'27 than last year. Otherwise, it looks nothing like the House projection.

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  14. Jun 22

    Yesterday the House released its FY19 budget resolution. The projected '18-'27 federal deficit is $2.375 trillion more than last year's budget resolution. But no need to worry, they still forecast a surplus in 2027!

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  15. Jun 21

    The first rule of the public pension crisis is if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. New Jersey, with a $124 billion pension debt, is choosing to get bigger shovels.

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  16. Jun 21

    New FBI study that shows only 25% of active shooters had been diagnosed with a mental disorder questions whether increasing access to mental health treatment would have much effect in preventing future attacks.

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  17. Jun 20

    I don't think this is how James Madison envisioned the separation of powers working..

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  18. Jun 19

    Every time an established politician criticizes top-2 primaries or ranked choice voting, I get more confident they are good policies.

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    Jun 19

    Establishment politicians don't like the uncertainty of California's open primary. But there isn't a voter in America who wants their politicians to have certainty in their jobs. and I present a bipartisan case for :

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  20. Jun 19

    The secret weapon foreign countries have in this brewing trade war is the unparalleled influence multinational corporations have on American politics.

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  21. Jun 15

    Remember when a (the?) primary goal of tax reform was to close tax breaks to pay for a decrease in marginal tax rates? That first part never happened.

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