Tesla enjoyed almost $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025 but paid $0 in federal income tax. Over the past three years, the Elon Musk-led company reported $12.5 billion of U.S. income on which its current federal tax was just $48 million. Read more at: itep.org/tesla-report...

Absolutely no bailout for high tech when their bubble bursts.

MassBudget's statement and preliminary analysis of the Governor's budget proposal. massbudget.org/state-budget/ @massbudget.bsky.social

Please help us give a warm welcome to our newest staff member, Anthony Clough ! Anthony will be serving as a Policy Analyst, focusing on K-12 and higher education policy. Read more about Anthony here: buff.ly/prKcjCT

NEW: @oxfaminternational.bsky.social's global inequality report🌏 Billionaire wealth⬆️3x faster in '25 than previous years This year we dive deep on the link between economic & political inequality. Billionaires are 4000x more likely to hold office than you or me www.oxfamamerica.org/press/billio...

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

Thanks to Sen. @JulianCyr.bsky.social for calling out the need for new housing revenue in #MA in a recent @CWBeacon.bsky.social article. Meeting our state's housing needs requires ongoing investment from new sources. Read MassBudget's report for further analysis: buff.ly/fcwyiKL

Going into 2026, states face a difficult fiscal landscape, and some may be tempted to turn back to criminal fines and fees to raise revenue. This would be a mistake. www.cbpp.org/research/sta...

In Boston today by city hall at 2pm

Santa Fe in New Mexico enacts a new $17.50 minimum wage with future increases tied to the cost of rental housing in the city. www.krwg.org/regional/202...

Massachusetts has the lowest number of prisoners per capita of any state. Since 2014 the prison population has been shrinking faster than any other state. cdn.usafacts.org/chart/how_ma...

Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.

Congestion pricing is looking like a clear success in NYC. Any bets on where’s next? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5

www.cbpp.org/media/5-ways... 5 Ways the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans Are Making Affordability Challenges Worse

Latest piece by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is excellent. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/feminism-ver...

Former GOP U.S. Senator and state Governor Mitt Romney says it: "we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans contributing more." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...

New York’s wealthy warn of a tax exodus after Mamdani’s win – but the data says otherwise theconversation.com/new-yorks-we...

Will the Justice Department prosecute? www.propublica.org/article/trum...

"Who exactly is buying these things?" One detail: The exceptionally heavy weight qualifies the whole cost to be a tax write off. Ten recalls in two years. Prices double promise. Range half. Sales are flat lining and European safety rules are additional obstacle. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/12/05/f...

Instead of tossing tax breaks to real estate developers, Boston Mayor Wu is investing in the residents, and it is paying off. Thanks @mayorwu.boston.gov!

The September jobs report is hardly encouraging if you consider that the large majority of paltry job creation has been coming from the same health care sector that is soon to run into the wood chipper of GOP Medicaid cuts cepr.net/publications... @deanbaker13.bsky.social

Love this piece from MassBudget's Adam Jones on the role wealth (or its absence) plays in the long arc of people's lives. Personal and policy poignant. racepowerpolicy.org/2025/11/why-... #BabyBonds @massbudget.bsky.social

**NEW REPORT** One Year into The Affordable Homes Act: What Has It Accomplished and What Else Can Be Done?

Pennsylvania decouples from new federal corporate tax breaks, saving itself $1.1 billion next year and will instead improve affordability for its residents by boosting the EITC. Is #MApoli watching?

If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.

Great new report: Last year Massachusetts enacted giant Affordable Homes Act. How much is it increasing public investment for housing? Super research from @vickidilorenzo.bsky.social at @massbudget.bsky.social massbudget.org/2025/11/19/a...

Free buses do it again! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

MassBudget's Research Director @phineasb.bsky.social breaks down the unavoidable fact that when you cut taxes . . . you lose revenue. 🤔

☔ ☔ "It's what it's for. It's for helping us when times are hard. It's explicit, the law says, that it should be used when there is a loss of federal funds," said Phineas Baxandall @phineasb.bsky.social of The Massachusetts Budget Policy Center. buff.ly/uOIhPB9 ☔ ☔

Research & Policy Director @phineasb.bsky.social gets ready to speak at @raiseupma.bsky.social 's Rainy Day Action event at the Statehouse. Happening now!

@phineasb.bsky.social speaks at @raiseupma.bsky.social 's Rainy Day Action at the Statehouse: "These days it’s easy to feel hopeless. There’s a lot of disastrous decisions at the federal level that Massachusetts and our leaders are left out of.

Why is “affordability” such a buzzword and what are the consequences of this framing instead of real wages and living standards. Check out this thoughtful piece from @deanbaker13.bsky.social cepr.net/publications...

Another White House move to hurt affordability -- The move was expected, given heavy lobbying from tax prep companies like Intuit and H&R Block to put a halt to the IRS’s popular Direct File program. Read more at: itep.org/trump-admini...

Why aren’t billionaires stepping up with donations to fund SNAP?

Are organizations supporting veterans of World War 2, who fought against the fascist forces, now considered terrorist organizations?

FEMA appears to only be approving disaster deflations for Red states. Not how this is supposed to work. cepr.net/publications...

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Don't forget — they're not just buying a ballroom. They're buying Trump's favor. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

Perhaps biggest day of protests ever in the US and NY Times puts five not bombshell stories ahead of protest story. Sigh.

This is quite good. I encourage others to read movement.vote/blog/2025-10...

This is a great job opportunity for someone who cares about using policy analysis to ensure all kids can have great education massbudget.org/2025/10/06/j... @massbudget.bsky.social

Why are the number of cars killing pedestrians spiking upwards in Massachusetts while they decline nationally?

Massachusetts’ own tax code doesn’t need to follow the big corporate tax giveaways in the federal Big Ugly Bill. Opting out of the biggest five changes will save $453M this year. It requires the MA Legislature to take action as it has decoupled from federal tax before massbudget.org/2025/10/08/o...

In 2025, teachers are paid nearly 27% LESS than others with the same education. That's the LARGEST gap on record since the late 1970s. Adjusted for inflation, teachers actually earn less today than a DECADE ago. Closing this gap is essential for our schools’ future. @epi.org

Los Angeles' tax on the sale of the highest value homes is paying dividends: hundreds of millions of dollars in new affordable housing development. www.latimes.com/california/s...

What currently stands in the way of better corporate tax transparency. Read more at: itep.org/corporate-ta...

Buses used for public transportation can cost nearly 3x more in the US than in peer nations. Interesting new paper finds high prices are due to a fragmented market and regulatory factors. It provides policy suggestions to bring down price for public transit buses www.brookings.edu/articles/pay...

Why elect sheriffs anyway? A thoughtful piece. At @massbudget.bsky.social, I've tried unsuccessfully to find data on how sheriffs use state funding and the fines they collect.  commonwealthbeacon.org/criminal-jus...