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Jared Walczak

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Jared Walczak

@JaredWalczak

Senior Fellow, Tax Foundation | President, Walczak Policy Consulting

Washington, D.C.

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Joined June 2009

Jared Walczak
@JaredWalczak
Dec 3, 2024
I hear this a lot, that property taxes mean you're always "renting" your land from the government, but it relies on a flawed framework. Property taxes aren't a payment for the right to possess land. They are a payment for the services provided to that land: roads, police and the
Governor Dill
@TheGreenOldDill
Dec 2, 2024
Paying my property taxes this morning and I’m bitter. Again. I’m practically “renting” my paid-off home from the county and if I don’t pay my taxes, they evict me and take everything. F. #Tyranny
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Jared Walczak
@JaredWalczak
Apr 23, 2025
The Black Plague has a 9% approval rating among Americans, so I guess 9% is basically the floor in public opinion.
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Jared Walczak
@JaredWalczak
Oct 1, 2019
Wisconsin's favorite movie candy is Kraft Cheese Slices. Keep that in mind if ever you need a demonstration of how meaningless and inaccurate such maps are.
Project Big Screen
@ProjBigScreen
Sep 30, 2019
As we head into October, here’s a great breakdown of every state’s favorite movie candy! What does your state like?
Jared Walczak
@JaredWalczak
Jul 19, 2025
Replying to @billybinion
I'm headed to England and Wales late next week, and as much as my wife loves it there, I'm bracing for Europe's inability to cope with completely unpredictable events like "summer."
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Jared Walczak
@JaredWalczak
Jul 19, 2021
They're so close to an important realization.
Jared Walczak
@JaredWalczak
Nov 25, 2021
"please pass the salt" "we said no politics at Thanksgiving"
Jared Walczak
@JaredWalczak
Aug 15, 2024
When Kamala Harris cites price gouging by grocers, these are the industry profit margins she's railing against.
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Jared Walczak
@JaredWalczak
May 14, 2022
So a 3.5 percent annualized inflation-adjusted return on her investment?
Jared Walczak
@JaredWalczak
May 3, 2020
If people who throw axes while under the influence of alcohol are going "nah, too dangerous for me," your reopening is going to take a while. bisnow.com/atlanta/news/r…
Jared Walczak
@JaredWalczak
Mar 22, 2022
Met a guy this weekend who works remotely (six figures job). He said millennials are worse off financially because housing prices rise so fast. I asked if he'd consider remote work from a smaller city, and he said no because there his house value wouldn't appreciate fast enough.
Jared Walczak
@JaredWalczak
Jan 11, 2025
It sounds good, but it doesn't work. 1. There are ongoing costs to providing local services that don't terminate because the owners are 65+. 2. If a state did this, and seniors flocked there, having never previously paid into the system -- never paid property taxes to the
Defiant L’s
@DefiantLs
Jan 10, 2025
Thoughts?
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Jared Walczak
@JaredWalczak
Nov 7, 2024
Where are the "missing" votes? They're coming, and I'll show you. Perhaps you've seen this chart circulating. Let me show you why it's wrong, and demonstrate to you that this year's totals will slightly exceed 2020's. 1/
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Jared Walczak
@JaredWalczak
Apr 11, 2024
These 11 supposedly frighteningly consolidated mega-companies, nine of which primarily make snacks and soft drinks (which is a lot of competition), represent about 0.5% of worldwide GDP.
meme bastard 🍕
@mask_bastard
Apr 9, 2024
Replying to @SydneyLWatson
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Jared Walczak
@JaredWalczak
Jul 15, 2024
Aggressive tariffs. Nationwide rent control. Exempting tips from the income tax. Industrial policy. Is this election a contest to see who can make economists cry the hardest?
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