Biden's slightly more targeted proposal for $1,400 rebates would go to 87.9% of households.

This is down from 92.9% under his original proposal.

Not all that much more "targeted" I suppose.

washingtonpost.com/business/2021/…
Compare this to the GOP proposal, which would send $1k checks ($500 for dependents) to with a 40k/80k threshold, which would go to ~71% of households.
People seem to be having a reaction to the Dem's slimmed down version that's out of proportion with its impact on the number of eligible households.
The lower thresholds don't actually have a huge effect on the number of eligible households.

The size of the check and phase-out rate matter, in this case, more.

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5 Feb
Redoing thread to fix a spelling error:

Romney's proposal does, however, change the tax code in ways that raise and lower marginal rates for different people.

The overall effect on work incentives is more complex than just the isolated effect of the allowance.

1/
I think it's correct to say: enacting a child allowance in isolation would have little impact on work incentives.

Income effects are small. No phase-out. That's good.

2/
But that's not the entire proposal.

The allowance is replacing/reforming a number of policies that have both positive and negative incentives on work: CTC, EITC, Head of Household filing status.

3/
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4 Feb
Sen. Romney has released a big, serious proposal for a child allowance:

romney.senate.gov/sites/default/…
It would provide $3,000 per child ($4,200 per child under 6), paid out monthly through the Social Security Administration.

Max benefit of $15,000 per year.

It would not be universal: it would phase-out for those with income over $200,000 ($400,000 married filing jointly).
His proposal would be financed (until 2025) by:

-Eliminating the Head of Household filing status
-Removing child benefits from the EITC
-Eliminating the Child and Dependent Care Credit
-Eliminating TANF
-Eliminating the SALT Deduction
-Small reforms to SNAP
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10 Nov 20
This tweet now in blog form:

"Expect tax legislation even with a Republican Senate"

aei.org/economics/expe…
I think the conventional wisdom is right: Much of Biden's tax plan is not going anywhere with a Republican Senate.

I don't see Senate Rs signing onto a package that scales back their major legislative achievement.
Instead I think three scenarios are possible, ranked by how likely I think they are:

1) Lawmakers turn upcoming TCJA change into extenders.
2) Lawmakers deal with upcoming TCJA changes in a COVID relief package.
3) Lawmakers pass a PATH Act 2022.
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17 Aug 18
This research estimates that a one-degree increase in temperatures reduces GDP growth by between 0.15% and 0.25%

I don't know much about how these estimates are done, but these effects are significant if true. 1/
Put this into a little context.

When we model, say, Trump's tariffs, we estimate that the level of GDP declines by 0.6%. This means that eventually GDP is going to permanently be 0.6% lower than otherwise. The growth rate, however, doesn't permanently change 2/
These results imply a drop in the growth rate by 0.15 percentage points! That means GDP will be lower than otherwise each year and the output gap will continue to grow as time goes on.

In ten years, GDP will be ~1.5% lower and in twenty, GDP will be 2.9% lower, and so on. 3/
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