Travis St. Clair

Tax expenditures as tools for state-level climate action in the U.S.

🔓: With federal US #climatepolicy in flux, state #taxincentives could play a bigger role. Yet, they remain limited in scope & focused on #energy. To drive real impact, they must be better integrated into broader fiscal policy, find @lisgilmore.bsky.social @tstclair.bsky.social @carleton.ca @nyu.edu

30.03.2025 12:51 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

What are the risks of a rising federal debt?

What actually are the risks posed by the rising U.S. federal debt? And what could trigger a fiscal crisis? Wendy Edelberg, Ben Harris, Louise Sheiner of @brookings.edu #econsky www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...

17.02.2025 17:54 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 3    📌 0

FAQs on Impoundment: Presidential Actions Are Constrained by Long-Standing Constitutional Restrictions | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities The notion that the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is what restricts presidential authority to impound funds enacted by law is contrary to legal precedent — and to the Constitution.

Great explainer on impoundment

28.01.2025 21:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What happens when a state insurer of last resort goes belly-up? A possible next act in this new drama: California

California's state insurer of last resort, described by a state legislator: "It feels like a big gamble in many ways. Quite frankly, if this were on Wall Street, I'm not sure you'd be able to get away with this."
susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/what-happe...

10.01.2025 03:15 — 👍 41    🔁 21    💬 2    📌 4