Tag: Richard V. Reeves

Losing 40,000 men a year to suicide is a national tragedy

Mary Pat Campbell

Link: https://ofboysandmen.substack.com/p/losing-40000-men-a-year-to-suicide

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Boys and men account for 80% of the deaths from suicide in the United States. This amounts to almost 40,000 male deaths a year, about the same as the loss of women’s lives from breast cancer.

But the crisis of male suicide is not getting enough attention. I’m still being told by well-informed people that among teens and young adults, the suicide risk is higher for women than men, a dangerous untruth.

There are lots of risk factors for suicide, including being a veteran or living in a a rural area. Native Americans also have a higher risk than other racial groups. But by far the biggest gap of all is the one between women and men:

Author(s): Richard V Reeves

Publication Date: 10 Sept 2025

Publication Site: Of Boys and Men, substack

Note to Bernie: The 8 arguments for restoring the SALT deduction, and why they’re all wrong

Mary Pat Campbell
Note to Bernie: The 8 arguments for restoring the SALT deduction, and why they’re all wrong

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We have argued against lifting the $10,000 cap in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and in a short analysis for Brookings. Our case is quite straightforward: the benefits of repeal would flow to the rich and affluent, who now have a disproportionate influence on the Democratic Party. To be specific, the top 1 percent would get an average tax cut of over $35,000. The middle class would get an average tax cut of about $37 (note that our analyses here relate to full repeal, since we do not know yet what alternative Sen. Sanders has in mind):

Author(s): Richard V. Reeves, Christopher Pulliam

Publication Date: 24 June 2021

Publication Site: Brookings

Memo to Dems: Don’t Lift SALT Cap to Help the Rich, Help States Directly Instead

Mary Pat Campbell

Link: https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2021/03/01/memo_to_dems_dont_lift_salt_cap_to_help_the_rich_help_states_directly_instead_685729.html

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But at a national level, it is much less clear that the SALT deduction makes for good politics. Most of the key swing states, including Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New Hampshire, and Arizona were below the national average in the value of the SALT deduction as a percent of adjusted gross income before the new cap. Florida and Nevada were in the bottom seven states.  

Of course, states and local governments do need help from the Federal government. In fact, more help is needed now more than ever. The pandemic is hurting state and local government revenues, to the tune of around $350 billion over the next three years. Now is the time to enact a better federal support system for states and localities, and to replace the SALT deduction, rather than revert to the previous system. 

The good news is that there are a number of good policy options available to legislators, many of which were outlined at a recent Brookings event on this subject, and any of which would be much fairer and more effective than lifting the SALT deduction cap. The key point is that Congress should help states directly, rather than through the long, roundabout route of a regressive tax break to individuals.  

Author(s): Richard V. Reeves, Christopher Pulliam

Publication Date: 1 March 2021

Publication Site: Real Clear Policy