Matthew Gardner

mindthegaap.bsky.social

07 February 2026 16:00

For those who remember Halliburton from a time when our Vice President was evil in a comparatively pedestrian "Austin Powers" sort of way, the oil company's new annual report gives a window into some not-at-all-pedestrian offshored income: looks like $138 M of income in the Cayman Islands in '25.

Matthew Gardner

mindthegaap.bsky.social

19 December 2025 15:21

New "please tax me more" op-ed from Mitt Romney is only about 13 years too late to be helpful. As a presidential candidate in 2012, he gave off *slightly* different vibes. 1) at a time when candidates still routinely released their tax returns. he refused. (1/x) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...

ITEP

itep.org

25 August 2025 15:36

Statistical agencies hollowed out, research programs suspended, qualified leaders kicked to the curb. Why does access to data from the federal government matter? itep.org/dismantling-...

mwesterfield.bsky.social

25 August 2025 15:35

The people in my professional life understand this; the people in my private life do not. itep.org/dismantling-...

Matthew Gardner

mindthegaap.bsky.social

08 July 2025 14:35

The Social Security Administration doesn't generally send out emails cheerleading for tax cuts, so this one received over the weekend was an odd one. SSA wants us to know they are "celebrating" the passage of legislation that blows a multi-trillion dollar hole in the federal budget over ten years.