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RT by @MattBruenig: why is it better? also the largest bus system in the country, the school bus system which reportedly runs more passenger-miles the all urban bus systems combined, enjoys the exact opposite consensus about fares

https://xcancel.com/MattBruenig/status/1934713115771379935#m

Published: June 16, 2025 20:42

why is it better? also the largest bus system in the country, the school bus system which reportedly runs more passenger-miles the all urban bus systems combined, enjoys the exact opposite consensus about fares

RT by @MattBruenig: For a lot of people on the center, they engage politics expressively. They don't ask themselves what are the practical stakes of one candidate over another and instead use elections to express things about their own opinions and identities.

https://xcancel.com/MattBruenig/status/1934682827142123591#m

Published: June 16, 2025 18:41

For a lot of people on the center, they engage politics expressively. They don't ask themselves what are the practical stakes of one candidate over another and instead use elections to express things about their own opinions and identities.

The sort of election-time derangement that you usually only see around presidential elections is kicking off right now. Just be careful. The reasons the args are starting to rapidly degrade in quality is because the brains are getting really worked up.

https://xcancel.com/MattBruenig/status/1934680209300836411#m

Published: June 16, 2025 18:31

The sort of election-time derangement that you usually only see around presidential elections is kicking off right now. Just be careful. The reasons the args are starting to rapidly degrade in quality is because the brains are getting really worked up.…

RT by @MattBruenig: I've been through this before. Back in the day Kevin Drum once wrote a post that suggested that funding our health care system with private insurance (fares) made it so that we could tax more. But it does not. https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2019/03/24/single-payer-myths-crowding-out-other-government-spending/

https://xcancel.com/MattBruenig/status/1934613771772703136#m

Published: June 16, 2025 14:07

I've been through this before. Back in the day Kevin Drum once wrote a post that suggested that funding our health care system with private insurance (fares) made it so that we could tax more. But it does not. peoplespolicyproject.org/201…

this is a great bit

https://xcancel.com/MattBruenig/status/1933949267917312308#m

Published: June 14, 2025 18:06

this is a great bit xcancel.com/JasonBeeferman/status/1933896164165791791#m

RT by @MattBruenig: Yglesias's analytical approach is to hold tax constant and say they used scarce tax dollars to fund beach fee reductions. But actually it is a debate about how best to generate the revenue, not about allocation of a fixed pot of tax dollars.

https://rss.xcancel.com/MattBruenig/status/1933710037215817882#m

Published: June 14, 2025 02:16

Yglesias's analytical approach is to hold tax constant and say they used scarce tax dollars to fund beach fee reductions. But actually it is a debate about how best to generate the revenue, not about allocation of a fixed pot of tax dollars.

RT by @MattBruenig: To give an example that is less charged: there was a recent policy change in a town adjacent to mine where they scrapped the annual fee for residents to park at the town's beach ("beach pass") in favor of using a tax. They reasoned the tax was a better way to collect that money.

https://rss.xcancel.com/MattBruenig/status/1933709711947235497#m

Published: June 14, 2025 02:14

To give an example that is less charged: there was a recent policy change in a town adjacent to mine where they scrapped the annual fee for residents to park at the town's beach ("beach pass") in favor of using a tax. They reasoned the tax was a better way…

RT by @MattBruenig: I actually disagree with the "marginal dollar" way of thinking about this. Fares and taxes are both ways of generating revenue. The question is *for the revenue generated by fares*, would it be better to use taxes instead. There are args to be had but it's a different question.

https://rss.xcancel.com/MattBruenig/status/1933708860394541278#m

Published: June 14, 2025 02:11

I actually disagree with the "marginal dollar" way of thinking about this. Fares and taxes are both ways of generating revenue. The question is *for the revenue generated by fares*, would it be better to use taxes instead. There are args to be had but it's…

R to @MattBruenig: Wait, actually this all started in 2008 when Barack Obama selected Joe Biden to be VP despite him clearly not thinking he would make a good presidential candidate (urged him not to run in 2016 and only pushed him in 2020 as last ditch). Without that, none of this happens.

https://rss.xcancel.com/MattBruenig/status/1933499302904795136#m

Published: June 13, 2025 12:18

Wait, actually this all started in 2008 when Barack Obama selected Joe Biden to be VP despite him clearly not thinking he would make a good presidential candidate (urged him not to run in 2016 and only pushed him in 2020 as last ditch). Without that, none…

R to @MattBruenig: Watch me do it: the cause of the current predicament was the liberals who cleared the deck in 2020 for Joe Biden despite him already showing severe mental decay problems, leading pretty straightforwardly to his 2024 implosion that proximately blew the election.

https://rss.xcancel.com/MattBruenig/status/1933499018086121798#m

Published: June 13, 2025 12:17

Watch me do it: the cause of the current predicament was the liberals who cleared the deck in 2020 for Joe Biden despite him already showing severe mental decay problems, leading pretty straightforwardly to his 2024 implosion that proximately blew the…

What's so great about politics is there is so much overdetermination, joint necessity, and causal interaction that pundits can just kind of pick anything in a chain and say it is a but-for cause and both them and the people they read think they are saying something insightful.

https://rss.xcancel.com/MattBruenig/status/1933498434457383140#m

Published: June 13, 2025 12:15

What's so great about politics is there is so much overdetermination, joint necessity, and causal interaction that pundits can just kind of pick anything in a chain and say it is a but-for cause and both them and the people they read think they are saying…

RT by @MattBruenig: “General Counsel requested a bargaining order under Cemex … The ALJ rejected this request, finding that the violations, while including ‘hallmark’ violations of increasing benefits, were not sufficiently severe to warrant a bargaining order” https://www.nlrbedge.com/p/06122025-alj-declines-to-issue-cemex @MattBruenig

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Published: June 12, 2025 12:37

“General Counsel requested a bargaining order under Cemex … The ALJ rejected this request, finding that the violations, while including ‘hallmark’ violations of increasing benefits, were not sufficiently severe to warrant a bargaining order”…

RT by @MattBruenig: Government in NYC currently runs a number of schools, pools, parks, libraries, hospitals, buses, trains, ferries, etc. People lose track of all of this because they get use to it. But these also take market share from hypothetical competitors.

https://rss.xcancel.com/MattBruenig/status/1933095291571634476#m

Published: June 12, 2025 09:33

Government in NYC currently runs a number of schools, pools, parks, libraries, hospitals, buses, trains, ferries, etc. People lose track of all of this because they get use to it. But these also take market share from hypothetical competitors.

People message me pretty frequently saying they miss @ebruenig on here. If that is you, you should consider our podcast, The Bruenigs --> https://www.patreon.com/c/thebruenigs

https://rss.xcancel.com/MattBruenig/status/1932799165169307781#m

Published: June 11, 2025 13:56

People message me pretty frequently saying they miss @ebruenig on here. If that is you, you should consider our podcast, The Bruenigs --> patreon.com/c/thebruenigs

Right now, small businesses with fewer than 15 employees are exempt from the Civil Rights Act, which protects LGBT individuals against employment discrimination. We should introduce legislation removing that exemption and see how small business reacts.

https://rss.xcancel.com/MattBruenig/status/1932790528002904493#m

Published: June 11, 2025 13:22

Right now, small businesses with fewer than 15 employees are exempt from the Civil Rights Act, which protects LGBT individuals against employment discrimination. We should introduce legislation removing that exemption and see how small business reacts.…

R to @MattBruenig: My piece on it when it was being implemented. https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2024/09/13/the-comedy-of-the-winter-fuel-payment-means-test/

https://rss.xcancel.com/MattBruenig/status/1932236287647301645#m

Published: June 10, 2025 00:40

My piece on it when it was being implemented. peoplespolicyproject.org/202…

Labour means-tested the winter fuel payment (a bit of cash every pensioner received) to save money. It was a political disaster. They've now increased the eligibility threshold and re-implemented as a universal benefit, but with a tax clawback. Nobody could have predicted!

https://rss.xcancel.com/MattBruenig/status/1932235574729203849#m

Published: June 10, 2025 00:37

Labour means-tested the winter fuel payment (a bit of cash every pensioner received) to save money. It was a political disaster. They've now increased the eligibility threshold and re-implemented as a universal benefit, but with a tax clawback. Nobody…