David Trimmer
@dtrim99.bsky.social
Research Analyst at @policyengine.org | Contributor for the People’s Policy Project | Former Intern at @niskanencenter.bsky.social | Views Are My Own
Happy to say I am now working full-time at @policyengine.org!
I will be continuing to enhance our state income tax model and cover legislative developments as a Research Analyst.
I will be continuing to enhance our state income tax model and cover legislative developments as a Research Analyst.
January 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Happy to say I am now working full-time at @policyengine.org!
I will be continuing to enhance our state income tax model and cover legislative developments as a Research Analyst.
I will be continuing to enhance our state income tax model and cover legislative developments as a Research Analyst.
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Gotta say it’s pretty remarkable that Bari Weiss is unfamiliar with the Streisand effect. This is about to be the most viewed 60 minutes episode in a long time.
(also lol the irony of The Free Press trying to kill a story because it makes the regime look bad)
(also lol the irony of The Free Press trying to kill a story because it makes the regime look bad)
Expect a "revolt" among 60 Minutes staff over Bari Weiss pulling the CECOT segment at the last minute, one network insider told me.
Another CBS News reporter added that a Rubicon had been crossed with this decision, which 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called "political" and not editorial.
Another CBS News reporter added that a Rubicon had been crossed with this decision, which 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called "political" and not editorial.
December 22, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Gotta say it’s pretty remarkable that Bari Weiss is unfamiliar with the Streisand effect. This is about to be the most viewed 60 minutes episode in a long time.
(also lol the irony of The Free Press trying to kill a story because it makes the regime look bad)
(also lol the irony of The Free Press trying to kill a story because it makes the regime look bad)
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Tlaib's plan includes The Baby Bonus Act [that] allows families to offset the cost of pregnancy, supplement a few weeks of unpaid leave, or purchase everything necessary to care for their newborn.
jacobin.com/2025/11/tlai...
jacobin.com/2025/11/tlai...
Rashida Tlaib’s Plan to Combat Poverty
Last week, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib proposed three pieces of legislation under the umbrella of her “Economic Dignity for All Agenda.” These bills would create a comprehensive system of economic sec...
jacobin.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Tlaib's plan includes The Baby Bonus Act [that] allows families to offset the cost of pregnancy, supplement a few weeks of unpaid leave, or purchase everything necessary to care for their newborn.
jacobin.com/2025/11/tlai...
jacobin.com/2025/11/tlai...
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In a new article for @jacobinmag.bsky.social, @dtrim99.bsky.social uses PolicyEngine to calculate the impact of @reprashida.govpeeps.us's "Economic Dignity for All Agenda" on poverty, inequality, and the budget. jacobin.com/2025/11/tlai...
Rashida Tlaib’s Plan to Combat Poverty
Last week, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib proposed three pieces of legislation under the umbrella of her “Economic Dignity for All Agenda.” These bills would create a comprehensive system of economic sec...
jacobin.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
In a new article for @jacobinmag.bsky.social, @dtrim99.bsky.social uses PolicyEngine to calculate the impact of @reprashida.govpeeps.us's "Economic Dignity for All Agenda" on poverty, inequality, and the budget. jacobin.com/2025/11/tlai...
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this is why people very far into the upper middle class should support building out a proper welfare state like @reprashida.govpeeps.us proposed the other day. you'd pay just a little for a tremendous amount of material security www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
Rep. Tlaib’s Economic Dignity for All Agenda Would Bring Economic Security for Millions
The agenda would lower poverty by 42% and child poverty by two-thirds.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
this is why people very far into the upper middle class should support building out a proper welfare state like @reprashida.govpeeps.us proposed the other day. you'd pay just a little for a tremendous amount of material security www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
My analysis of Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s Economic Dignity for All Agenda reposted at @jacobinmag.bsky.social:
jacobin.com/2025/11/tlai...
jacobin.com/2025/11/tlai...
Rashida Tlaib’s Plan to Combat Poverty
Last week, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib proposed three pieces of legislation under the umbrella of her “Economic Dignity for All Agenda.” These bills would create a comprehensive system of economic sec...
jacobin.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
My analysis of Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s Economic Dignity for All Agenda reposted at @jacobinmag.bsky.social:
jacobin.com/2025/11/tlai...
jacobin.com/2025/11/tlai...
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yeah, but Zohran is working on it! and Rashida Tlaib has some good related ideas www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
Rep. Tlaib’s Economic Dignity for All Agenda Would Bring Economic Security for Millions
The agenda would lower poverty by 42% and child poverty by two-thirds.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
yeah, but Zohran is working on it! and Rashida Tlaib has some good related ideas www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
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Great to see Rep Tlaib's team use PolicyEngine to design her new policy reform.
In a new article for People's Policy Project, @dtrim99.bsky.social used PolicyEngine to estimate the impact of @reprashida.govpeeps.us's Economic Dignity for All Agenda, finding the cash assistance package would (in 2026):
* Reduce poverty by 42%
* Lower the Gini index by 8.1%
* Cost $685 billion
* Reduce poverty by 42%
* Lower the Gini index by 8.1%
* Cost $685 billion
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Great to see Rep Tlaib's team use PolicyEngine to design her new policy reform.
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This is quite interesting as it ends the CTC and EITC and creates a big child allowance (5600/y), a 2k baby bonus and a 3k/y UBI for adults 19-67. The Policy Engine (CC: @maxghenis.bsky.social )folks did an analysis of the net impacts...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
Rep. Tlaib’s Economic Dignity for All Agenda Would Bring Economic Security for Millions
The agenda would lower poverty by 42% and child poverty by two-thirds.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This is quite interesting as it ends the CTC and EITC and creates a big child allowance (5600/y), a 2k baby bonus and a 3k/y UBI for adults 19-67. The Policy Engine (CC: @maxghenis.bsky.social )folks did an analysis of the net impacts...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
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In a new article for People's Policy Project, @dtrim99.bsky.social used PolicyEngine to estimate the impact of @reprashida.govpeeps.us's Economic Dignity for All Agenda, finding the cash assistance package would (in 2026):
* Reduce poverty by 42%
* Lower the Gini index by 8.1%
* Cost $685 billion
* Reduce poverty by 42%
* Lower the Gini index by 8.1%
* Cost $685 billion
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In a new article for People's Policy Project, @dtrim99.bsky.social used PolicyEngine to estimate the impact of @reprashida.govpeeps.us's Economic Dignity for All Agenda, finding the cash assistance package would (in 2026):
* Reduce poverty by 42%
* Lower the Gini index by 8.1%
* Cost $685 billion
* Reduce poverty by 42%
* Lower the Gini index by 8.1%
* Cost $685 billion
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a bill in Congress.
Its name: the Baby Bonus Act
Its name: the Baby Bonus Act
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a bill in Congress.
Its name: the Baby Bonus Act
Its name: the Baby Bonus Act
Got a big announcement tomorrow.
Really excited for it, stay tuned.
Really excited for it, stay tuned.
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Got a big announcement tomorrow.
Really excited for it, stay tuned.
Really excited for it, stay tuned.
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SB 79 PASSED!
APARTMENTS NEXT TO ALL RAPID TRANSIT STATIONS IN CALIFORNIA ARE NOW LEGAL! THIS IS HUGE!!!
APARTMENTS NEXT TO ALL RAPID TRANSIT STATIONS IN CALIFORNIA ARE NOW LEGAL! THIS IS HUGE!!!
September 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
SB 79 PASSED!
APARTMENTS NEXT TO ALL RAPID TRANSIT STATIONS IN CALIFORNIA ARE NOW LEGAL! THIS IS HUGE!!!
APARTMENTS NEXT TO ALL RAPID TRANSIT STATIONS IN CALIFORNIA ARE NOW LEGAL! THIS IS HUGE!!!
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🤝 Big news: PolicyEngine and @nber.org
have signed an MOU to ensure researchers worldwide continue accessing critical tax microsimulation tools.
We're building an open-source TAXSIM emulator, combining NBER's 50+ years of tax expertise with modern open-source infrastructure.
have signed an MOU to ensure researchers worldwide continue accessing critical tax microsimulation tools.
We're building an open-source TAXSIM emulator, combining NBER's 50+ years of tax expertise with modern open-source infrastructure.
September 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🤝 Big news: PolicyEngine and @nber.org
have signed an MOU to ensure researchers worldwide continue accessing critical tax microsimulation tools.
We're building an open-source TAXSIM emulator, combining NBER's 50+ years of tax expertise with modern open-source infrastructure.
have signed an MOU to ensure researchers worldwide continue accessing critical tax microsimulation tools.
We're building an open-source TAXSIM emulator, combining NBER's 50+ years of tax expertise with modern open-source infrastructure.
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While the 6th-largest city’s transit system utterly collapses, here’s a gentle reminder that the Pennsylvania Turnpike has $17.37 billion in debt on the books, for all those who think roads and highways make money.
August 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
While the 6th-largest city’s transit system utterly collapses, here’s a gentle reminder that the Pennsylvania Turnpike has $17.37 billion in debt on the books, for all those who think roads and highways make money.
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Imagine if we did some sort of "Fully Refundable Child Tax Credit" in the US.
Maybe child poverty would be substantially reduced while such a program was in place!
Maybe child poverty would be substantially reduced while such a program was in place!
Something that always enters my mind with UBI debates is the Canada Child Benefit which reduced child poverty significantly while replacing three different benefits (reduced admin costs) and had near universal take up (95%). It doesn't eliminate poverty but it does reduce the equilibrium a lot!
"We have 50 years (!) of experimental research on explicitly self-sufficiency oriented programs including carrots and sticks, work-requirements, and teaching people to behave like proper upper middle class white people and all that....and all of them have failed."
August 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Imagine if we did some sort of "Fully Refundable Child Tax Credit" in the US.
Maybe child poverty would be substantially reduced while such a program was in place!
Maybe child poverty would be substantially reduced while such a program was in place!
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🎉 PolicyEngine has been awarded a $300,000 Phase I POSE grant from NSF (Award No. 2518372) to expand our open-source platform, build sustainable governance, and grow our contributor community! https://policyengine.org/us/research/nsf-pose-phase-1-grant
National Science Foundation awards PolicyEngine $300,000 grant | PolicyEngine US
NSF's Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems program will support PolicyEngine's work to expand access to policy analysis tools.
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August 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
🎉 PolicyEngine has been awarded a $300,000 Phase I POSE grant from NSF (Award No. 2518372) to expand our open-source platform, build sustainable governance, and grow our contributor community! https://policyengine.org/us/research/nsf-pose-phase-1-grant
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Happy Birthday Social Security 🫡
Social Security turns 90 today.
Social Security is the largest form of wealth 90% of people will have.
Privatizing Social Security won't help workers—it would just enrich Wall Street.
Learn more about Social Security in our new FAQ: www.epi.org/publication/...
Social Security is the largest form of wealth 90% of people will have.
Privatizing Social Security won't help workers—it would just enrich Wall Street.
Learn more about Social Security in our new FAQ: www.epi.org/publication/...
Social Security FAQ
Social Security turns 90 this year. Despite its popularity and exemplary record of never having missed a payment---even after the 9/11 terror attacks and Hurricane Katrina---misperceptions persist abo...
www.epi.org
August 15, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Happy Birthday Social Security 🫡
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Nearly 100,000 women and children in Gaza are facing “severe acute malnutrition.” This is a feature of Israel’s war, not a bug. From @ryanlcooper.com:
Israel’s Endgame Is Obliterating Palestine
Gaza is being deliberately starved. The West Bank is next.
trib.al
July 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Nearly 100,000 women and children in Gaza are facing “severe acute malnutrition.” This is a feature of Israel’s war, not a bug. From @ryanlcooper.com:
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New: A 50-year-old federal rule has stifled affordable housing. Congress may finally, at long last, do something about it
www.vox.com/policy/42025...
www.vox.com/policy/42025...
Cutting five words from this law could make houses cheaper
The commonsense, zero-cost fix that Congress wouldn’t touch.
www.vox.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
New: A 50-year-old federal rule has stifled affordable housing. Congress may finally, at long last, do something about it
www.vox.com/policy/42025...
www.vox.com/policy/42025...
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that's right www.peoplespolicyproject.org/projects/the...
July 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
that's right www.peoplespolicyproject.org/projects/the...
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my Supreme Court reform proposal is simple: just expand the court to 13 justices, one to oversee each circuit court. every justice shall serve a 13-year term, with the president appointing a new justice every year
Supreme Court reform needs to be the litmus test for every democrat in every primary in 2026 and 2028
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows Trump to gut the Department of Education, over the dissent of the three Democratic appointees.
July 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
my Supreme Court reform proposal is simple: just expand the court to 13 justices, one to oversee each circuit court. every justice shall serve a 13-year term, with the president appointing a new justice every year