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The Abstract
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> Edited by Torie Ludwin, Arnold Ventures (AV)
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The federal government will run out of money to pay its bills in the next three to four months, according to new estimates from the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Congressional Budget Office. This raises the stakes for tax reform and underscores the urgent need to Do Both: make pro-growth tax policies permanent and take meaningful steps to rein in the debt. Our plan for fiscally responsible tax reform would save up to $4 trillion.
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Advancing Criminal Justice Research
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Improving public safety and making the justice system fairer and more effective are major concerns for communities across the country, and they are top priorities for AV. We are especially focused on ensuring policymakers, communities, and other stakeholders have strong, reliable evidence on what works and does not work to achieve these outcomes. From community safety to courts to incarceration and post-incarceration, learn about some of the support we provided for criminal justice research in 2024.
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Up to $270 Billion
Potential 10-year savings from the AV Higher Education Offsets Proposal
By consolidating higher education federal loan repayment into two simpler plans, establishing reasonable limits on graduate student borrowing, and introducing basic performance standards for Title IV funding, policymakers can safeguard taxpayers’ investments in higher education while ensuring students see real value for the debt they take on.
Read our proposal>
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Public Finance
- The Yale Budget lab released a report on options to close a tax loophole on borrowing against appreciated assets, also known as “buy, borrow, die,” a tax planning technique that allows wealthy Americans to pay low tax rates on consumed income, creates horizontal inequities, and distorts portfolio allocation decisions.
Health Care
- 🔒 Inside Philanthropy highlights AV’s health care work, speaking with AV CEO Kelli Rhee and Executive Vice President of Health Care Mark E. Miller.
- Analysis from Families USA identified substantial gaps across existing state and federal oversight policies and regulations for Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs).
Higher Education
- 🔒 The Chronicle of Higher Education's daily briefing yesterday highlighted Arnold Ventures' new report, which argues that eliminating the Grad PLUS program and setting a $150,000 lifetime cap for federal Stafford graduate loans would save the government $40 billion over 10 years, cover most borrowers’ expenses, and cut the cost of the priciest graduate programs.
Infrastructure
Criminal Justice
- In an op-ed for Maryland Matters, DeRay Mckesson describes some of the problems facing the state’s parole system, including an inability for some parole-eligible people to get a hearing. Two bills in the state, House Bills 1147 and 1156, would help to make the process more effective, McKesson writes.
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On Wednesday, April 9, at 6 p.m. ET, join Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), Rep. Laura Friedman (D-CA), Atlantic housing reporter Jerusalem Demsas, and Arnold Ventures' Executive Vice President of Infrastructure Charlie Anderson at the Miracle Theatre in Washington, D.C. for an exclusive screening of Fault Lines, a new groundbreaking documentary about America's housing affordability crisis. Click here to register. Watch the trailer here.
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