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...

Fighting fascism effectively www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxSe... The Minnesota Miracle Playbook - how Minnesota organized and accomplished amazing things for their citizens.

Who is pro-family, really? “No state that has banned abortion offers paid family and medical leave from employment, and none of the 9 states that offer paid family and medical leave has banned abortion“ www.dollarsandsense.org/more-babies-...

I just deactivated my Twitter account. Feels good.

Walmart spent $35.3B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024, enough to give each of its 2.2M employees annual bonuses of $2,719. Last year, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay of just $29,469. Textbook corporate greed.

Massachusetts has learned a couple things from Fair Share 'millionaires tax' revenue beating expectations: (1) Rich people are smart enough to stay in places that invest in the future; and (2) Income is terribly concentrated at the top.

Quoted in the Boston Globe today about the impact of the Fair Share tax on extreme income: “Our state thrives on eds and meds, and those are things particularly under the axe. It’s fortuitous that some counterbalance from the Fair Share income has been there.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/21/o...

Great new fact sheet from @massbudget.bsky.social. Don't fear what we don't have to. massbudget.org/2025/08/21/g...

Great op-ed from two business leaders on how the Fair Share Amendment is delivering for Massachusetts by taxing millionaires to fund vital public investment. commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/the-... via @cwbeacon.bsky.social

The success of Massachusetts' millionaire tax is inspiring other blue states to launch their own efforts. www.wsj.com/economy/demo...

📢We're excited to announce one of two expert panels for PolicyTALKS on Sept. 16th! Join @phineasb.bsky.social, Rep. Carole Fiola, Dr. Rachel Volberg, and Marlene Warner as they discuss the gambling industry and how our state invests the revenue received from it. #mapoli Register: buff.ly/I9U08mB

Reggie Ramos @T4MASS on how to navigate the future of transportation amid federal cuts to climate and equity commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/in-t...

How bad was the jobs report that led to the firing? Well it turns out, "the economy outside of health care has been shedding jobs since April." cepr.net/publications...

In Massachusetts, the fear-mongering opposition to a 2022 millionaire tax double the size of this rate increase also claimed high earners would flee, eliminating revenue gains. Actual millionaire tax collections have far outpaced official projections.