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Elizabeth Warren on weaponized budget models
In yesterday’s essay, I broke down the new series from The American Prospect on the hidden ideology and power of budget models, these being complex statistical systems for weighing legislative proposals to determine if they are “economically sound.” The assumptions baked into these models are intensely political, and, like all dirty political actors, the model-makers claim they are “empirical” while their adversaries are “doing politics”:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/03/all-models-are-wrong/#some-are-useful
If you’d like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here’s a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/04/cbo-says-no/#wealth-tax
Today edition of the Prospect continues the series with an essay by Elizabeth Warren, describing how her proposal for universal child care was defeated by the incoherent, deeply political assumptions of the Congressional Budget Office’s model, blocking an important and popular policy simply because “computer says no”:
https://prospect.org/economy/2023-04-04-policymakers-fight-losing-battle-models/
When the Build Back Better bill was first mooted, it included a promise of universal, federally funded childcare. This was excised from the final language of the bill (renamed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill), because the CBO said it would cost too much: $381.5b over ten years.
This is a completely nonsensical number, and the way that CBO arrived at it is illuminating, throwing the ideology of CBO modeling into stark relief. You see, the price tag for universal childcare did not include the benefits of childcare!
As Warren points out, this is not how investment works. No business leader assesses their capital expenditures without thinking of the dividends from those investments. No firm decides whether to open a new store by estimating the rent and salaries and ignoring the sales it will generate. Any business that operates on that basis would never invest in anything.
Universal childcare produces enormous dividends. Kids who have access to high-quality childcare grow up to do better in school, have less trouble with the law, and earn more as adults. Mothers who can’t afford childcare, meanwhile, absent themselves from the workforce during their prime earning years. Those mothers are less likely to advance professionally, have lower lifetime earnings, and a higher likelihood of retiring without adequate savings.
What’s more, universal childcare is the only way to guarantee a living wage to childcare workers, who are disproportionately likely to rely on public assistance, including SNAP (AKA food stamps) to make ends meet. These stressors affect childcare workers’ job performance, and also generate public expenditures to keep those workers fed and housed.
But the CBO model does not include any of those benefits. As Warren says, in a CBO assessment, giving every kid in America decent early childhood care and every childcare worker a living wage produces the same upside as putting $381.5 in a wheelbarrow and setting it on fire.
This is by design. Congress has decreed that CBO assessments can’t factor in secondary or indirect benefits from public expenditure. This is bonkers. Public investment is all secondary and indirect benefits — from highways to broadband, from parks to training programs, from education to Medicare. Excluding indirect benefits from assessments of public investments is a literal, obvious, unavoidable recipe for ending the most productive and beneficial forms of public spending.
It means that — for example — a CBO score for Meals on Wheels for seniors is not permitted to factor in the Medicare savings from seniors who can age in their homes with dignity, rather than being warehoused at tremendous public expense in nursing homes.
It means that the salaries of additional IRS enforcers can only be counted as an expense — Congress isn’t allowed to budget for the taxes that those enforcers will recover.
And, of course, it’s why we can’t have Medicare For All. Private health insurers treat care as an expense, with no upside. Denying you care and making you sicker isn’t a bug as far as the health insurance industry is concerned — it’s a feature. You bear the expense of the sickness, after all, and they realize the savings from denying you care.
But public health programs can factor in those health benefits and weigh them against health costs — in theory, at least. However, if the budgeting process refuses to factor in “indirect” benefits — like the fact that treating your chronic illness lets you continue to take care of your kids and frees your spouse from having to quit their job to look after you — then public health care costings become indistinguishable from the private sector’s for-profit death panels.
Child care is an absolute bargain. The US ranks 33d out of 37 rich countries in terms of public child care spending, and in so doing, it kneecaps innumerable mothers’ economic prospects. The upside of providing care is enormous, far outweighing the costs — so the CBO just doesn’t weigh them.
Warren is clear that there’s no way to make public child care compatible with CBO scoring. Even when she whittled away at her bill, excluding millions of families who would have benefited from the program, the CBO still flunked it.
The current budget-scoring system was designed for people who want to “shrink government until it fits in a bathtub, and then drown it.” It is designed so that we can’t have nice things. It is designed so that the computer always says no.
Warren calls for revisions to the CBO model, to factor in those indirect benefits that are central to public spending. She also calls for greater diversity in CBO oversight, currently managed by a board of 20 economists and only two non-economists — and the majority of the economists got their PhDs from the same program and all hew to the same orthodoxy.
For all its pretense of objectivity, modeling is a subjective, interpretive discipline. If all your modelers are steeped in a single school, they will incinerate the uncertainty and caveats that should be integrated into every modeler’s conclusions, the humility that comes from working with irreducible uncertainty.
Finally, Warren reminds us that there are values that are worthy of consideration, beyond a dollars-and-cents assessment. Even though programs like child care pay for themselves, that’s not the only reason to favor them — to demand them. Child care creates “an America in which everyone has opportunities — and ‘everyone’ includes mamas.” Child care is “an investment in care workers, treating them with respect for the hard work they do.”
The CBO’s assassination of universal child care is exceptional only because it was a public knifing. As David Dayen and Rakeen Mabud wrote in their piece yesterday, nearly all of the CBO’s dirty work is done in the dark, before a policy is floated to the public:
https://prospect.org/economy/2023-04-03-hidden-in-plain-sight/
The entire constellation of political possibility has been blotted out by the CBO, so that when we gaze up at the sky, we can only see a few sickly stars — weak economic nudges like pricing pollution, and not the glittering possibilities of banning it. We see the faint hope of “bending the cost-curve” on health care, and not the fierce light of simply providing care.
We can do politics. We have done it before. Every park and every highway, our libraries and our schools, our ports and our public universities — these were created by people no smarter than us. They didn’t rely on a lost art to do their work. We know how they did it. We know what’s stopping us from doing it again. And we know what to do about it.
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#empirical facewash#wealth tax#elizabeth warren#cbo#congressional budget office#penn wharton budget model#budgeting#economics#economism#computer says no#pluralistic#universal childcare#build back better#bipartisan infrastructure bill
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#bank run#build back better#bt news#congress#bank bailouts#student debt#student loans#student loan crisis#cancel student loans#cancel student debt#student debt forgiveness#student debt relief#paid family leave#infrastructure#universal childcare#instagram
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Behold, the six "unique" roles of Stonevale, one of the colonies in Fading Hollow.
I've been thinking about this setting a lot lately, including all the characters. Honestly, I want to make every cat individual under the hood, but that is slowly driving me mad. For now, here are six of them:
Chief Ra'shira - the leader. Aggressive, irritable, but fiercely loyal to kith and kin.
Deputy Haystalk - her second in command and gentle younger brother. He has spent the majority of his adulthood smoothing over the trouble his sister's temper causes
Raven, the Seer - religious leader and second eldest cat in the colony. A grumpy bastard for the ages. The only company he enjoys is Mera and his sister, Blueshell
Mera Yari-tsa - a lifelong queen who has had a paw in raising every litter in the past 50 moons, earning her great respect. The most knowledgeable midwife in the hollow
Acorn - a senior messenger. He won't retire until his former apprentice, Puff, is ready to mentor another cat to take his place
Puff - a young messenger. He seems empty headed and the wrong body type for his position, but he has a fantastic memory and a knack for social situations
#gopher writes#gopher art#fading hollow#original art#cat art#worldbuilding#original characters#cat ocs#no idea what else to tag this tbh#this setting has basically been divorced from warrior cats at this point tbh. just because i keep adding shit#the more i build it the more i see this less as a warriors fanclan set and more as an individual story that owes a lot to wc#also- most of what ive posted about FH is still canon. the Yari-tsa are basically masters of childcare. this is still post apocalypse#however. new shit has been added. a calendar. strange mutations. ect#i also try to keep to some basic genetics. will have to create a family tree at some point. not looking forward to it tbh.#on the bright side the laws they live by are different. so we can deal#my plan is to make a webcomic of this. starting with a few fun nonlinear comics to give y'all a feel for the flavor of the setting#kinda like a pilot. then start the first arc. wish me luck. still a while before i get to any of that though lmao
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disappointed I might not be able to take the real estate finance class in my program <- insane sentences. what have I become
#ive recently become serious about the thought of trying to start a community land trust im like daydreaming about community ownership of my#building#we’ll have a childcare co-op and a community kitchen….we’ll pay land rent to the manahatta project and have a mutual aid fund#for people who get in a bind#like I know all the details together are impossible without serious money behind it but life could be a dream…#personal#anyway I’m thinking through the steps and they’re like. step one get a job in housing operations (im fucking trying dude) while getting more#into mutual aid communities in my actual neighborhood#step two uh get good at finance. or find someone who is. work at a land trust maybe.#step three: ??
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The worst part about childcare has always been the parents.
#like i am watching you fuck up your kid in real time but nithing youre doing is abuse or neglect so i cant do anything#except bring up the behaviors in a non judgemental way and offer alternatives and fucking hope im taken seriously#like bro why are you making your 6 year old basically jump through hoops to be allowed dessert#and she cant have sweets any other way this is how you build an ED#also no your 1 year old cannot have one one hr nap at 4pm the screaming is bc hes tired#adventures in childcare
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I am sorry. I have so much work, and I am very pregnant so I just don't have time to respond to stuff on here as much (or draw, really.) Hoping I can get into a schedule soon which allows me to paint and chat more :(
#i have so little free time#i worked 12 hours today#im just tired#technically i could have been painting the last 2 hours of relaxation#but tbh i am falling asleep#i think it will calm down soon tho#ill do work work in the morning do a class then hopefully have enough left in me for cooking chores and painting/chatting#whew#idk how im going to do this with a kid#trying.... not to think about that actually#wait. no.#frustrating thing: there's no preschool around here for us#preschool in our area is only available if your family is extremely impoverished#there are for-profit daycares and they cost about $2000-$4000 a month#girl i cannot swing that lmao#sigh#i hate being in the US#everybody wants you to have kids but no one wants to do anything with them#like be fr rn no one has the fucking money for $2500/month childcare#im glad people way under the poverty line have good school opportunities but also.. why#the school mentioned many times that they can barely afford to stay open#man#so many people call them and are willing to pay#i understand why they must prioritize people that cant or theyd get pushed out#but theres obviously 1) not enough funding for that school 2) a real threat to lower income families to be able to get in if higher income#families decide to elbow them out and 3) not enough schools here#they are building another preschool which will be available to families who work at certain local businesses#but lmao.... get this... there are only 20 spots available for their preschool. 20. girl what. and it costs $2k/month.#my mom called me the other day after i texted about all this and said she could watch our kid. for $25/hour#feeling a bit cornered here. it's going to be a long 5 or 6 years until kindergarten
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before and after of my mods folder
patting myself on the back bc my mods folder has never been so clean and organized ^-^
#its still bigger than i'd like but its so hard to let go of clothes cc i might just close my eyes and delete a bunch of folders <//3#im so ready for this update im about to start a new save ^-^#resisting the urge to build a childcare center but ive got refrences saved already sooo i might try but i wont share any pics until its done#i feel so bad when i share wip pics but never finish stuff#deleting this later probably... if i remember
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#literally dumb as rocks beans for brains of me to even ever think going back to do my diploma in early#childhood education as a means to get back into the industry after like four years out was even a little bit a good idea#the job broke me the first time + i’m in a much much much worse place now#have been looking through the first chunk of assessments + so much of it is management type stuff#which is fine on paper#but doing these sorts of assessments in practice is. not something i can do#i have a settling in period of like three years minimum it takes me so long to build any confidence#+ almost every assessment involves walking into service as a student + then having to demonstrate a level of authority#which is no bueno for me#like the first assessment involves leading a team meeting#how am i supposed to walk into a centre brand new + ask to lead a meeting#and then every piece of placement assessment is the same sort of thing#lots of having to approach parents to sign permission forms + lots of taking control of rooms or learning experiences#it’s funny because technically it’s all stuff i can do because i did do it#like i ran the nursery as a lead educator + did all the management stuff but that was after having been there for a year as a student#then as an assistant so i was like. comfortable + established in the centre if that makes sense?#i couldn’t just walk into any centre off the street into a management position i need to work my way into it#if that’s what i even wanted to do#so to do it as a student is a no go#on top of that just the idea of going back to any work let alone back to childcare has given me nightsweats#since the diploma started. like my anxiety about it is out of control + realistically logically i know that this is not something that’s#going to work out but i’m ready to throw up about it because what do i do?#i’m struggling big time with feelings of inadequacy for not being educated + can’t shake the feeling that my life is kind of over#because i haven’t got a degree + it doesn’t seem like i’m going to be in a position to be well enough to get through one#+ i don’t know what work i’m cut out for i don’t feel like i’m good for anything#which sounds dramatic but i mean it in a very genuine way i’m just too nervous + scared + uncomfortable#i’m just not functioning in any sensible way + i don’t know what to do with myself#like dropping this course just makes sense but what then? what job is there for me?#it all just starts spiralling out into thinking about that i’ll probably never be able to afford to live independently out of home#+ that spirals into thinking about how i’ll never find anyone + how my life is so messy + meaningless
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Enrollment Building Inspiration!
A Child Care business success is closely related to the enrollment of children. Infact, when there is not enough children in a childcare business, the business will struggle financially. I know firsthand that when there are not enough children in a childcare business, there is not enough money to pay the staff and all the bills. However, when there are plenty of children, there is plenty of…
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This goes well with the headcanon that The Wayne Family is cursed/gifted to be the richest family in Gotham. One of those things tied to how they treat Gotham. The more they give to the city and its people the more they benefit. So even if it should be a move that would take a couple years to become profitable in theory it stays in the black instead of the red. As he is always trying to make Gotham and the world better he basically ends up with infinite money.
Which is not to say things just work out because of the curse/gift. The science and ideas behind it all back it as working. Only reason he is not more directly involved in adding benefits it is because they are a union. He is just proving that it is worth the cost to implement and keep it going. It also has the side effect that Wayne company employees are fiercely loyal to the company.
some leaguer asking batman how much money he actually has because "how can you possibly afford all this bats I mean really our base is in space how did you do that"
and he just kinda looks at them with a blank face, maybe smirks a little, and leaves. and everyone thinks he's just being cryptic and nonchalant but really he's freaking out internally because how much money does he actually have?
between the Wayne family money, his stockpiled stolen mob money that's yet to make it's way into various charities, and whatever tim and Lucius are doing with the company these days, he really has no idea
#batman#one of my favorite headcanons#Bruce says wait science says a four day work week is better? Well going to try that#what is that people struggle with childcare and work? Better make it a company perk so people won't worry as much#Switching to green energy and eco friendly products despite the upfront expense works out#Want to test out those window dots to stop birds from hitting windows? How about we place an order to cover every Wayne building to study#Lets include dental and eyes in out health insurance program
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Pretty sure the place I work at is an entrance to the backrooms
#The whole building has cryptid energy#There’s a long winding hallway leading to this room which we never use#And sometimes you’ll walk into a room and its just damp#like a completely different atmosphere than the one you were just in#You probably couldn’t guess what we do here. It’s not dance or childcare
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Apart from slamming the door open, Susie entered the classroom rather calmy (that is— she wasn’t yelling or making a fuss. She just asked if she was late)
#susie is so very clearly one of those students who tried when they were little but quickly learned the school system did not care#and the fact that she lives in poverty in that tiny town does not help#like. if she actually has a family and isn’t homeless then those parents are constantly working to pay bills and debts and things#so there not around. and then she has like no support save for any teacher that tries to help her#and while toriel would absolutely help her toriel teaches the little kids#alphys is the only other teacher shown in the building and she’s terrified of susie she’s not going to try to connect with her#and then bc it’s a rinky-dink tiny school in a tiny ass town there’s not a lot of funding for it either#so the teachers don’t even have the materials they need and there’s not enough teachers and no after school programs#except any clubs that are completely student organized and that would just be like a dnd club or a book club where all they need is a table#and even then those might be forced to relocate to the library bc the school might just close after the day#bc there’s no extracurriculars and they can’t pay for an after school childcare program#and bc she’s ‘different’ susie would be kinda forced out of any spaces where the other students spend time bc they give her the side eye#and expect her to be bad bc she’s failing the class and in their eyes surely that is Morally Bad#and her clothes are sometimes dirty and sometimes just worn out and so they think she’s weird and ignore her#and any adults that see her like a librarian would be able to tell what’s ‘weird’ about her that the kids can’t seem to name (she’s poor)#but they see her struggling or trying to get any sort of attention and even if they can see what’s wrong they just brush it off#as ‘not my problem to fix her bad manners’#or ‘poor kid. surely someone will come along that can help her’#and then do nothing!! the entire town does nothing! susie was let down by the entirety o#of the town!!#and im not sure where im going rambling like this but can you tell that i love susie very much and want to give this poor kid the world#susie deltarune#deltarune#liveblogging
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