Kyle PomerleauVerified account

@kpomerleau

Economist. Director of Tax and Economic Modeling Team. Tax Policy Expert.

Washington D.C.
taxfoundation.org
Joined February 2011
Born March 30
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    9 hours ago

    Last December, the price of Bitcoin was $19,783. Today, it's $3,810. Litecoin was $366 a coin; it’s now $30. Ethereum was $1,400 in January; today it’s $130.

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    Dec 20

    Poorly structured tax systems can be costly: The top 10 worst tax codes in the OECD: 🇫🇷 France 🇮🇹 Italy 🇵🇱 Poland 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇨🇱 Chile 🇮🇱 Israel 🇬🇷 Greece 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇪🇸 Spain 🇯🇵 Japan

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    Dec 20

    Apropos of nothing at all, here's an explainer on what happens in a partial government shutdown:

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  4. Retweeted
    Dec 19

    US Senate just passed a bill to avoid a shutdown. The bill: 1) fully funds the federal government until Feb. 8 2) Has ZERO money for Trump’s wall

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    Dec 19

    Trump said $4 trillion in offshore profits would boost investment. That's not what the data say. And economists say that was never the yardstick or intended purpose. Insight from: 's , 's , &

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  6. Dec 13

    !!

    121 Options for Reducing the Deficit
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  7. Dec 12

    The questions are great, the callers are fun to talk to, AND you get a special portrait of yourself each time you appear!

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  8. Dec 12

    I am very jealous of because is my favorite show to appear on.

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    Dec 12

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    Dec 12

    Senate just voted 50-49 to overturn this Treasury rule that exempts nonprofits from disclosing large donors to IRS: … Collins joined Dems. Measure now heads to House. If it gets a majority, and Trump signs, the rule is overturned.

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  11. Dec 12

    "Baseline" here is CBO's latest GDP baseline *minus* their estimated effects of the tax law.

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  12. Dec 12

    Deleted previous tweet because of an error! Projected real GDP growth, 2018-2022, due to TCJA. All models pretty much agree: GDP looks good this year and next and slows down quite a bit in 2020

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  13. Dec 11

    We should expand tax free savings accounts, but we should prefer the traditional over Roth structure.

    Universal savings accounts help Americans save for their own priorities
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  14. Dec 10

    In fact, Trump gets it completely backwards with number 2!

    The 3 false claims Trump makes the most are all about the economy: 1. The tax cuts were the biggest in history (not true) 2. The U.S. trade deficit is money "lost" to China (not true) 3. The U.S. economy is the strongest ever (not true)
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    Dec 5

    This should be one of the biggest stories in the world right now.

    US State Department: "Chinese authorities have indefinitely detained at least 800,000 and possibly more than 2 million Uighurs, ethnic Khazakhs, and other members of Muslim minorities in internment camps" 
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  16. Dec 5

    I just got my annual "Hey, please check out my tax plan, which replaces all federal revenue with a 0.1% transaction tax" email.

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    Dec 5

    New modeling finds Trump tariffs hurt Americans across the board -- but they hurt the poor the most.

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  18. Retweeted
    Dec 4

    CBO to release volume of budget options on December 13

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  19. Retweeted
    Dec 4

    Little Tariff Man.

    ....I am a Tariff Man. When people or countries come in to raid the great wealth of our Nation, I want them to pay for the privilege of doing so. It will always be the best way to max out our economic power. We are right now taking in $billions in Tariffs. MAKE AMERICA RICH AGAIN
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