Director of Social Policy at @NiskanenCenter | Sociologist | Always on the lookout for a worthwhile Canadian initiative | Views are mine
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Josh McCabe retweeted
Jun 12
Stat of the day, from IRS IG report on workforce reductions.
Overall IRS headcount dropped 28% from January 2025 to January 2026. That was concentrated in younger and older workers.
Departure rate was 43% for those under 25 & 40% for those 55 and over.
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Josh McCabe retweeted
Jun 12
Europeans experiencing random Americana as they come visit for the World Cup is a lot of fun, and a good way to get Americans to not take for granted what’s awesome about our country.
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Josh McCabe retweeted
Huge!!!
I'm particularly proud that the budget significantly scales back certificate of need laws in Rhode Island.
Entirely removes home health, behavioral health services, imaging, ASCs, and more. Raises CapEx threshold to 50M. Streamlines approvals and limits the competitors' veto.
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They recently expanded and indexed the taxable wage base for their unemployment insurance program. niskanencenter.org/connectic…
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Jun 12
Fantastic news! A huge congratulations to everyone who worked to make this happen. 🥳
I know I'll be celebrating with a cold 'Gansett tonight! 🍻
First, the budget establishes Rhode Island's first-ever Child Tax Credit, providing a fully refundable tax credit to more than 70,000 families and delivering $47 million in annual relief. It is one of the most progressive tax reforms in modern RI history.
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Vermont was on the path to enacting a contributory paid family leave program until childcare advocates with deep pocketed backers diverted the political energy behind payroll taxes revenue to childcare programs.
I don't read this as a success story. newamerica.org/insights/verm…
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Jun 12
(It is a fantasticly researched case study from Rebecca Gale nonetheless!)
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I've already ordered my copy and you should too.
Jun 10
Everyone knows what conservatives don't like about the welfare state.
It's time for a right-of-center vision of what it *should* be doing:
amazon.com/dp/1630695432/
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Josh McCabe retweeted
Jun 8
This looks egregious to me
Jun 7
If a historian on the right abused evidence in this way, they'd face career ruination.
When Boston University's Quinn Slobodian does it, he gets a Guggenheim fellowship, book awards, and a Hewlett Foundation grant.
Academia's rot runs far deeper than a simple crisis of rigor.
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Josh McCabe retweeted
Jun 11
Writers don't choose the headlines, but I kind of love the one @jacobin chose for my article today about why it's time to stop the culture war distractions and lean into the real bipartisan momentum for putting money into the pockets of new parents.
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Jun 11
Glad to see ACF bringing some data to this question. Kneejerk claims that unauthorized immigrants aren't recieving any federal benefits inevitably crumble under scrutiny - and its usually California with the smoking gun.
We need more honest conversations. acf.gov/ofa/policy-guidance/…
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Josh McCabe retweeted
May 30
TAA worked much better than people think. Here's the main figure from my JMP using an examiner design (randomized judge IV). It was just underfunded in aggregate, and prior studies that folks index on had a treatment group released deeper into recession. tinyurl.com/5h6htrmf
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"While the health care cost curve has been bent, it likely has not been bent enough. Medical spending is still higher in the US than elsewhere, and health outcomes do not appear to justify that additional expense."
We've got a lot more work to do. 📉
May 25
The US health care cost curve has bent due to lower-cost technologies, improvements in population health; & reimbursement changes that reduce demand
nber.org/papers/w35231
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Jun 11
Great set of takeaways for policy advocates from the literature on state policy diffusion from @dylanmatt here. 👇🏼
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Josh McCabe retweeted
Jun 9
Thrilled to announce Abundance 2026!
Produced by @TheBTI and @NiskanenCenter with our growing coalition of partners in the abundance movement.
December 10-11 in Washington, DC. Stay tuned for more info...
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Jun 10
Great new OppEx brief:
"Complete and accurate use of [Child Care Management Software] will significantly improve provider record keeping, lower error rates and improper payments, and create an electronic record that can be used to ensure accountability against fraud."
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Josh McCabe retweeted
The California Assembly just passed its most ambitious attempt yet to confront the physician shortage.
AB 2386 will open a new licensing pathway for internationally trained doctors.
I'm in the @ocregister with Jonathan Wolfson urging the state Senate to seize the opportunity.
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