Howard Gleckman
@howard_gleckman
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Author, Caring for Our Parents; Urban Institute; Editor, Tax Vox, Tax Policy Center
Washington, DC
Joined January 2010
Progressives are freaking out over losing the shutdown battle, but Ds may win the ACA subsidy war anyway:
forbes.com
Republicans either must agree to extend those insurance subsidies or take sole blame for killing an effort to continue assistance that has overwhelming public support.
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It may look like Senate Democrats capitulated on extra ACA subsidies, but they may get them anyway: https://t.co/QNYOx30Y4B
#ACA #Obamacare
forbes.com
Republicans either must agree to extend those insurance subsidies or take sole blame for killing an effort to continue assistance that has overwhelming public support.
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The Supreme Court is hearing Trump's tariffs case today. My Forbes column on what is at stake:
forbes.com
The decision will have a significant impact on Trump’s expansive use of what he calls emergency presidential power.
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I had the pleasure of talking to the Concord Coalition's Bob Bixby about how tax policy has gone so wrong in recent years and what its future may hold. Listen in here: https://t.co/0P8mhelIru
#taxes #taxtwitter @concordc
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The Supreme Court will hear the Trump tariff cases on Wednesday. It is a big deal for your wallet and the separation of powers. My take here: https://t.co/KeuWcrvzOB
#taxes #taxtwitter #Tariffs #SupremeCourt
forbes.com
The decision will have a significant impact on Trump’s expansive use of what he calls emergency presidential power.
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Pols may fear Social Security reform, but policy analysts are leaning in, with some surprising agreements: https://t.co/Jj717XvU2A
#SocialSecurity @urbaninstitute @BrookingsInst @CatoInstitute @BudgetHawks @policy7182
forbes.com
Policy experts across the political spectrum share similar goals: To restore long-term solvency while improving its ability to support lower-income workers in old age.
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Why isn’t our tax policy raising sufficient revenue equitably and efficiently? On this week’s podcast, @howard_gleckman of @taxpolicycenter breaks down how tax policy lost its way, and what reforms might actually fix it. @urbaninstitute @brookingsecon
https://t.co/s9akXaYm4L
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Had the opportunity to chat with Concord Coalition's Bob Bixby about the future of tax policy. Convo included tariffs, the IRS, and where the tax code is headed. Listen here:
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Facing the Future · Episode
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Trump's response to a Canadian tv ad he disliked was to raise taxes on US businesses and consumers. I'm...confused.
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Connecting the dots: First Trump expands the definition of terrorism to include political opponents, then he plans to use the IRS criminal division to investigate these newly alleged crimes: https://t.co/bJrDkaoZWY
#taxes #NoKings #taxtwitter #IRS
forbes.com
The Administration plans to use the IRS to pursue criminal tax fraud investigations against left-leaning organizations.
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How Trump uses allegations of terrorism to attack non-profits:
forbes.com
They’d do it by expanding the definition of terrorism and revoking the tax-exemption for groups that allegedly support such activity in broad, but unspecified ways.
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How Trump would use claims of terrorism to attack tax-exempt groups he dislikes: https://t.co/qkypjAxm00
#taxtwitter #IRS #taxes #nonprofits
forbes.com
They’d do it by expanding the definition of terrorism and revoking the tax-exemption for groups that allegedly support such activity in broad, but unspecified ways.
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Join me virtually on Thursday from 1-3 PM for GWU's Age Friendly Eco-System Summit. I'll be on the opening panel with aging experts Bob Blancato, Alison Barkoff & Trish D’Antonio. Details and register here: https://t.co/UDDiht59F8
#aging @AlisonBarkoff @BobBlancato @MelissaBPhD
nursing.gwu.edu
Register now for the 2025 Age-Friendly Ecosystem Summit.
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Some argue capital gains taxes keep seniors from selling their homes. There are much more important reasons: https://t.co/stTj3lTfMN
#taxes #olderadults #taxtwitter #seniors #housing
forbes.com
Taxes play a part in their unwillingness to move, but bigger reasons include the absence of affordable, accessible housing and emotional ties to homes and communities.
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The government shutdown is bad news for older adults and younger people with disabilities: https://t.co/ozyrsI0Aoq
#olderadults #peoplewithdisabilities
forbes.com
The well-being of older adults and people with disabilities may be in jeopardy, depending on how long the shutdown lasts.
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How ACIP's new vaccine guidelines can put older adults at risk: https://t.co/U32RHwDJrP
#olderadults
forbes.com
Warnings about the dangers of vaccines from senior government officials inevitably will lead to more unnecessary sickness and death, especially among older adults.
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A look back at four decades of US tax policy. It is not a pretty sight:
taxpolicycenter.org
Tax policy and the way it is produced changed dramatically, and not, sadly, for the better.
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How a House spending bill would block efforts to enhance disclosure of corporate tax payments: https://t.co/nbm9Nnnl83
#tax #taxtwitter
taxpolicycenter.org
If enacted, the House Republicans’ appropriations measure would kill those rules, though its fate is uncertain.
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The health care system is failing family caregivers. My look at some new ideas on how it can help them: https://t.co/nUC9GJjBIe
#seniors #olderadults @NA4Caregiving
forbes.com
Family caregivers help frail older adults and people with disabilities. But they get little support from the health care system. Two non-profits have solutions.
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VP Vance wants to revoke the tax-exempt status of foundations that support grantees that he says use hate speech. When Trump made similar threats against Harvard, I looked at the tax law. This is what I found: https://t.co/PGEfjj2Ssl
#tax #taxtwitter
taxpolicycenter.org
President Trump’s multiple threats to revoke the tax-exempt status of organizations that disagree with him have deeply troubling implications for the credibility of the federal revenue system and for...
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