It’s hard not to feel pretty low as an American these days… But there will be other days, better days as we come back better, informed by these sad & sorry lessons in humility Hang in there, folks & let’s all continue to do the best we can at whatever we can, to bring about those better days.

This thread highlights one example of people forced to censor expression of their opinions due to widespread fear of the US President. It’s very common in America now. People who shatter our Constitution do not belong in offices that exist to defend it.

Economists rightly debate the merits of wealth taxes. But it would be hard to find a more *politically* effective case for a 100% wealth tax, above a threshold, than this statement.

It works, thanks so much 🙏

Thank you! The SSRN link is dead for me, not sure if the problem is on my end 

The simple truth is that the president's personal obsession with attacking @drlisadcook.bsky.social is a filthy lie. There must be not just protection for her job, but accountability for those perverting and corrupting our justice system. All Americans lose when our institutions are poisoned.

Everyone on the tenure track: please print this out and hang it on your wall.

Lying to incite hatred and potentially violence against an ethnic group is neither Conservative nor Liberal. But it is filthy, reckless, illegal, and an anti-American perversion of our White House.

Taxation is a power of Congress, not the executive.

Thanks so much 🙏

The policy of the United States is mass-exclusion of lawful, high-skill immigrants, as well as all other categories of immigrants.

Indeed, and that is precisely why the Administration calls this a 'fee', even though it does not directly offset the cost of specific services provided by ICE (the legal definition of a fee), but instead goes to pay for broader gov't expenditures (the definition of a tax). My paper summarizes this.

Time for everyone to comment again.