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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Some incredibly troubling moves in past 48hrs; I hope to write later abt the most worrisome at DOJ/FBI, etc. But I don't want to skip a 🧵on the spending freeze/s, where cts are moving fast & public pressure helps. Q I've been getting: If they w/drew the OMB memo, why is so much $$ still frozen? /1

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 31/01/2025

Everyone seems to be framing Trump's freeze on federal grants as a Constitutional fight over powers of the purse & whether presidents can disregard Congressional appropriations. It is that. But also at stake is the fundamental validity of government contracts! I see much less discussion on this... 🧵

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I see some suggestions, in the reporting regarding the OMB impoundment order, that a mere delay in spending appropriated funds is legal. But that's not really true. The delay OMB has ordered specifically contradicts the Impoundment Control Act. A thread.

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Akheil Singla @akheilsingla.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Depressed by American politics? Need a distraction? How about a post about Australian housing & tax policy!?! Sian Mughan, Anthony Howell, and I wrote one on Austaxpolicy. I think it's exciting and cool! You may find it sleep-inducing. Either helps! www.austaxpolicy.com/come-one-com...

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Come One, Come All? How Housing Prices Respond to Taxes on Foreign Buyers of Residential Properties - Austaxpolicy: The Tax and Transfer Policy Blog

To reduce foreign demand and relieve pressure on housing prices, NSW introduced a four per cent surcharge on stamp duty for foreign buyers in June 2016.

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