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Richard C. Auxier
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Senior Policy Associate and State and Local Finance Initiative; big fan of the District of Columbia; I believe in Orioles Magic
The D.C.urban.org/policy-centers…Joined March 2011

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DC Lottery applauding its app beating in-person operators is like the Wizards celebrating a win over a high school team. Nearly all tax revenue in other states is apps. App-to-app is the comparison. And on that DC is a spectacle failure. Via wtop.com/dc/2022/07/is-
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After finishing tied for the worst record last season, the Orioles have won 9 straight. They are the 4th team since 1900 to win 9 consecutive games the season after finishing with the worst record in MLB. Baltimore joins 1902 Browns, 1993 Dodgers and 2001 Cubs.
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As with all state tax cut stories, type matters. Say whatever you want about tax rebates and gas tax holidays, they are one-off events. An income tax rate cut fundamentally changes how a state collects revenue. And that's how you cross the ARP rule.
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Sorry to be pedantic, but it's my job, and fun, so: I doubt Florida is defying the rule. ARP explicitly says funds can be used for tax cuts and cites EITC as appropriate econ relief. And Biden is explicitly asking for gas tax holidays for the same reason
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I empathize with Maryland fans who lament the loss of round-robin ACC basketball. But that was always going away. So our actual choice was a road trip to the Rose Bowl or ... Syracuse. It worked out, guys.
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NEWS: USC and UCLA are in conversations to join the Big Ten conference, a source tells @TheAthletic. @wilnerhotline on it first.
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And, again, what we consider "work" and "children" in the real world increasingly does not match what we put down on a tax form. We need to make this far less complex. These are things you learn when you assist actual low-income families with their taxes.
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Thing is, we already have a tax policy tied to earnings. It's literally called the earned income tax credit! It's successful & popular! The child tax credit is ostensibly for ... children. Most reformers want to break the work-kid connection, not double it up. Good thread:
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To clarify new earnings req: Per proposal, "families earning less than $10,000 will receive a benefit proportional to their earnings." So families earning under that threshold can still receive some of that credit, but the very poorest would not benefit to the same degree.
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