Matthew Weinstein

🇮🇱✊ If Galit Dan, who lost her 13-year-old daughter, Noya, and her mother, Carmela, in Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, has hope– who are we to lose hope? She is the Israel we are fighting for: broken but brave, audacious, honest, filled with hope. #StopTheWar #BringThemHome #SavingIsraeliDemocracy.

@NTGuardian @utchildren @sltrib @andyblarsen The wonders of the internet - congrats!

Years ago, I wrote my @UUtahthesis on Utah's #gendergap in wages based on research I did with @utchildren and @Matt_Wein as an intern. Interestingly, the thesis I wrote got cited by @sltrib 9 years later. @andyblarsen wrote an excellent piece. sltrib.com/news/2024/04/0…

@JennaWilliamsUT @baltimoresun Saw that too, so funny! baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-20…

"Mont Co has led in #affordablehousing innovations, incl req developers to set aside 15% of units for those making <2/3 median income." Now come developments "financed w a new $100m fund to invest in new projects that trade profits for lower rents." #utpol nytimes.com/2023/08/25/bus…

@TuckerCarlson Wow, now I want my very own @TuckerCarlson "Hope" poster like the one of @BarackObama by @OBEYGIANT Shepard Fairey

Good evening

.@UniverseBYU: “...what’s going on is politicians giving in to the #taxcuttemptation. It’s easy to do and they want to be able to say to their constituents come election time, ‘I gave you something, I put a couple hundred dollars in your pocket'” #UtPol universe.byu.edu/2023/04/17/his…

@SharonGF_NBCT @jbpascal @KemGardnerInst Jay, I agree about needing a distribution guarantee (in add'n to a restoration of revenues). But "the best funding years in decades"? Not according to USBE data. In fact, state+local #UtEd funding fell in FY21 + 22 after inflation - in total & per pupil. utahchildren.org/newsroom/speak…

@jbpascal @Matt_Wein @KemGardnerInst Statutes change. Hoping for better funding for our educators and children. We will see how vouchers impact this down the road.

Excellent summary of Utah's income tax from @KemGardnerInst ...... #UtPol #UtLeg

@SharonGF_NBCT @KemGardnerInst My answer to that question is that getting rid of it will only do any good if it's accompanied by a #UtEd revenue guarantee. And the only way to guarantee that revenue would be to roll back at least some of the tax cutting of recent decades. 2/2 #utpol

@SharonGF_NBCT @KemGardnerInst Sharon, for me the important context has always been that the status quo - with the education earmark - is obviously not doing us any good in terms of #UtEd funding relative to other states. But then that has to lead to the key question: What good will getting rid of it do? 1/2

.@UniverseBYU: In January, Invest in Utah’s Future “called on #UtLeg to prioritize addressing Utah’s long and growing list of unmet needs over permanent tax cuts that undermine our long-term capacity to invest in Utah’s future.” #UtPol #TaxDay universe.byu.edu/2023/04/17/his…

.@UniverseBYU: “Because low-income households are already paying 7.5% of their income in taxes, not through income tax but sales, gas and property tax, the idea is that the income tax should be the one tax that isn’t a regressive tax,” Weinstein said. #UtPol #UtLeg #TaxDay

“It’s mostly been income tax we’ve been cutting. This year the income tax cut was >$400m, last year $200m, the year before $100m. The income tax is the one tax that isn’t a regressive tax, so #UtLeg is making our overall tax system more regressive.” #utpol universe.byu.edu/2023/04/17/his…

#TaxDay 2023 is a great time to celebrate the #EITC and #CTC in Utah: These refundable federal tax credits bring an average of >$2,000 each to hundreds of thousands of Utah families, helping them make a better future for their kids. #utpol utahfamilytaxcredits.org/learnmore/

Former Baltimore City Health Commissioner (and former Utahn) @DrLeanaWen on @GovCox and #UtLeg legislation on children's access to social media... #utpol washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

Utah already has a refundable adoption tax credit. Now we should make our #EITC and our new #CTC refundable too. Learn more about why family tax credit refundability matters at utahfamilytaxcredits.org/learnmore/

Kudos to @GovCox & @AWinderNewton for their advocacy for creating refundable tax credits to strengthen families. Will 2024 be the year #UtLeg gets on board? 🙏🤞 #utpol #EITC #CTC

...obligation to pay taxes." (And the writer adds, "But just because you pay your full share of taxes, don’t think you’re off the hook for the mitzvah of tzedakah." (charity)) חג שמח! Happy #Passover to all who celebrate and happy #TaxDay next week! 3/3 forward.com/culture/196104…

...Moses set up a detailed program of tithing" that was later expanded "to include orphans, widows, + proselytes, setting up a system foreshadowing our contemporary" social safety net. In addition, "the Talmud is unequivocal about the obligation to... forward.com/culture/196104… 2/3

As we prepare to celebrate this evening Moses leading history's first recorded uprising against oppression + slavery, you may well be wondering, What did Moses think about taxes? (esp with #TaxDay also approaching!) Accd to @JDForward, "Moses set up... 1/3 forward.com/culture/196104…