Adam A. Millsap
@AA_Millsap
Sr. Economist & Program Officer at Stand Together Trust focusing on issues related to economic opportunity. Also a contributor @Forbes.com & #FreeCon signatory.
"Members of both parties should support the current rescissions request, consider further savings proposals in good faith, and then prioritize fixes for congressional budgeting" via @KurtCouchman thehill.com/opinion/congre…
Hey, @grok, who was the most famous person to visit my profile? It doesn't need to be a mutual, don't tag them, just say who it was.
Watching movies like Boiler Room and Wolf of Wall Street makes me wonder why folks ever thought it was safer for people to buy stocks through brokers than on their own.
Check out this great opportunity to write about the Euclid case as it approaches its 100th birthday. #zoning pacificlegal.org/call-for-paper…
In my latest @Forbes article I discuss a new analysis of US #government #corruption from @CatoEdwards and how corruption hinders economic activity. forbes.com/sites/adammill…
This is 100% true and supported by several studies, yet many don't understand it, or worse, refuse to believe it. #housing
New housing is expensive and not affordable to the poor. But the people who can afford to live in the new building vacate their old home, which is affordable. The affordability benefits of new housing are indirect.
I can remember this match being on TV. RIP Hulk
One of the most iconic sports and cultural moments of all time. Hulk Hogan slamming Andre the Giant belongs in the Hall of Fame.
“The U.S. levied tariffs in 2002 to “save” the U.S. #steel industry. It levied tariffs in 2018 to “save” the U.S. steel industry. It is 2025 and here we go again. Evidently this does not work, so it has nothing to do with saving the U.S. steel industry” americanactionforum.org/daily-dish/tar…
Yes. In fact it was a great idea.
Recognize that this is just the latest attempt to tear down, destroy, and discredit the founding. Destruction of the founding story and the founders must be done by those who wish to replace it. The U.S. is great, actually. Neither the revolution nor the founding was a mistake.
Raising #taxes to fix #SocialSecurity would hit younger workers most "Social Security’s necessary 75-year payroll tax increase would cut lifetime earnings for a new median worker by over $110,000—equivalent to nearly 2 years of lost pay" debtdispatch.substack.com/p/young-worker…
.@NTUF's ROAM index is out. "The best three states that limit compliance burdens on remote and mobile workers are #Indiana, #Illinois, and #Montana, while #Delaware, #NewYork, and #Massachusetts create the most unnecessary hassle" ntu.org/foundation/det…
Roughly 26MM acres of federal land is suitable for development and the govt should sell it. We need the money and #housing. And land should be put to productive uses when possible. The country isn’t a museum. construction-physics.com/p/should-the-f…
Higher minimum wage leads to fewer jobs. Tradeoffs are everywhere.
California's $20 fast food minimum wage reduced employment by 3.2 percent (roughly 18,000 jobs) over the first year since its enactment, from @jeffreypclemens, Olivia Edwards, and Jonathan Meer nber.org/papers/w34033
But @ZohranKMamdani will do it way better because vibes.
Despite a recent $750k taxpayer subsidy, the shelves at Kansas City's government-run grocery store are "almost bare." It also lost $885k last year and is, unsurprisingly, hemorrhaging customers.
Just Out: Updated version of the "Chart of the Century" with data through June 2025. It should be noted that the consumer goods that have become more and more affordable over time -- e.g., cars, household furnishings, clothing, toys and TVs -- are either imported or subject to…
Congratulations to the new @rootsofprogress fellows! "This year’s fellows are a group of 31 progress writers selected from a pool of over 400 impressive applicants." 👏🔥 #innovation #progress newsletter.rootsofprogress.org/p/introducing-…
This is a problem for #federalism. See Barry Weingast's work en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market-pr…
States are becoming more reliant on federal transfer payments. A huge portion of this is Medicaid. However, during every economic crisis, more programs are created to send money to state governments.
"Opposing today’s modest, well-justified spending reforms only makes it harder to build support for the far larger, more politically sensitive structural changes that will be needed tomorrow" #OBBBA #tax adamnmichel.substack.com/p/us-fiscal-sy…
Nice win for US #energy dominance-#USA & #Italy sign multi-year LNG deal after PM Meloni pledged to import more US LNG. US's sizable energy resources are a great #economic & #security asset. More here: politico.eu/article/us-and…
Good piece from @judgeglock criticizing @LHSummers hyperbole about #Medicaid reforms. "In real terms, then, Medicaid spending under the OBBB will be four times higher than it was when Summers was overseeing economic policy". This is hardly a cut. city-journal.org/article/larry-…
