(8) It’s really regressive tariffs to – probably still only partially -- pay for really regressive tax cuts, and with low- and middle-income families losing. This was the distribution done by @budgetlab.bsky.social of a guess at the House Budget Res. before tariffs were even taken into account.

(1) The Trump administration bears responsibility for the economic pain and chaos that will come from its tariffs. And charts like this from @budgetlab.bsky.social show the regressive effects. But, I want to talk about the responsibility now of the other two branches: Congress and the courts.

(7)The Trump administration may argue that, despite what the statute says, they, as a constitutional matter, have the authority to impound. There is more to be said on that and others have, but for now, I’ll just point to a quote from then-Judge Kavanaugh in a DC Circuit opinion (In re: Aiken):

Per the Yale Budget Lab’s impt. new paper on IRS funding, here’s an estimate of the distribution of tax evasion.