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Max Ghenis
@MaxGhenis
Democratizing evidence-based policy @ThePolicyEngine. Views my own.
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    Max Ghenis
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    Feb 2, 2025
    The USAID database was public until Trump shut it down
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    @jason
    The All-In Podcast
    @Jason
    Feb 2, 2025
    Publish the USAID database Pause all payments for 100 days Every single transaction under the microscope; let the daily wire, NYTimes and everyone in between into the offices to see where the money has been flowing The country is on the brink of insolvency, sunlight on all
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    Max Ghenis
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    Mar 25, 2024
    Update: French people now produce 7% less carbon emissions of the average person on Earth
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    Max Ghenis
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    Nov 30, 2021
    It's incredible that French people have about triple the income as the average person on Earth, but produce basically the same carbon emissions. Nuclear is a hell of a power source.
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    Max Ghenis
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    Jun 12, 2022
    Always baffling that "it should be legal to build apartments on lots where you can currently only build mansions" is remotely controversial on the left.
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    Max Ghenis
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    Jul 21, 2022
    Literally every top comment on NPR's housing story is shortage denial
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    Max Ghenis
    @MaxGhenis
    Nov 30, 2021
    It's incredible that French people have about triple the income as the average person on Earth, but produce basically the same carbon emissions. Nuclear is a hell of a power source.
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    Max Ghenis
    @MaxGhenis
    Jul 9, 2024
    Should Biden step aside? All Democrats: +8 Democrats 65 and older: -35
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    Max Ghenis
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    Aug 18, 2022
    Last Friday, a driver killed my friend Supervisor @carmen4oxnard as she was crossing the street. Today, the police released that the driver used a 2020 GMC Sierra 2500. These machines make me sick.
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    Max Ghenis
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    Mar 10, 2022
    This is your city on rent control
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    Max Ghenis
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    Mar 21, 2023
    Friends, colleagues, may I present to you: the California Marginal Tax Rate Schedule
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    Max Ghenis
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    Aug 10, 2021
    Just looked up my friend's house in Palo Alto, which his dad bought in 1972. Redfin estimate: $3.5 million Assessed value: $158,000 They're paying a property tax rate below 0.05%. If imputed rents were treated as income, this would be an income tax rate below 2%. End Prop 13.
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    Max Ghenis
    @MaxGhenis
    Feb 4, 2025
    The @uscensusbureau has taken down American Community Survey microdata. Thankfully @nikhil_woodruff had a local copy, so we now store it on @ThePolicyEngine servers.
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    Max Ghenis
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    Nov 27, 2023
    For every 5 likes this gets, I will ask ChatGPT to make this marginal tax rate schedule look more absurd.
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    Max Ghenis
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    Apr 4, 2025
    Replying to @ArmandDoma
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    Max Ghenis
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    Apr 6, 2022
    "BlackRock owning half a percent of single-family home rentals is why inflation is the highest it's been in 40 years" is peak Dan Price
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    Dan Price
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    Mar 30, 2022
    Replying to @business
    this is especially rich considering this "entitled generation" hasn't been able to buy homes largely because BlackRock buys up all the homes and jacks up rents (which is also the biggest source of inflation).