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Lucas Goodman

@goodmanl

I'm a husband, dad, ex-rower, and I find tax policy oddly fascinating.

 Washington, DC
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Joined May 2008
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Amazing example of loss trafficking.
Blake Robbins (@blakeir) profile pictureBlake Robbins
@blakeirJul 29
Did I just stumble onto mail-order tax fraud on eBay? People are selling bundles of losing lottery tickets, explicitly advertised as “tax write-offs.” $5,000 of someone else’s gambling losses for $50?
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I bet an enterprising UMD/Georgetown/etc grad student could do some field work and write a very interesting JMP on this.
Jessica Sidman (@jsidman) profile pictureJessica Sidman@jsidmanJun 29
Forget the Reflecting Pool. US Park Police say organized crime is operating on the National Mall, and no one's talking about it. My deep-dive into the pirate food trucks wreaking havoc around America's Front Lawn. washingtonian.com/2026/06/29…
Inside the Food Truck Mafia Wreaking Havoc Around the National Mall

Inside the Food Truck Mafia Wreaking Havoc Around the National Mall

Turf wars. Food and fire hazards. $15 ice-cream cones. How an organized network of unlicensed food trucks took over America's Front Lawn.

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Why do groups create great events for kids, but then ruin it by playing rock-concert volume music? Might as well dump shards of glass on the ground. @DCDPR @DCDPW
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You too, @CapitalPrideDC
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This is the closest bus stop to me and even I think this is silly.
Metro Forward (@wmata) profile pictureMetro Forward
@wmataMar 25
We heard your feedback, and starting tomorrow, we’re adding the D50 bus stops back at 14th and Shepherd Street NW to provide more service! 🚌 Thank you for sharing your input. We’re always looking for ways to improve!
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Working paper (2022) is now working paper (2026). bsprungkeyser.com/_files/ugd…
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I’m definitely less freaked out by seeing someone on the street swinging an ax than I would have been a month ago.
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Huntrx seems distressingly blasé about the deaths of hundreds of people on a crowded subway train, no? (No I haven’t been forced to watch K-Pop Demon Hunters hundreds of times over yet part week, why do you ask?)
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Weeks like this make me think the child tax credit should be $15k, not ~ $2k.
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Washington Teachers' Union, AFT Local #6 (@WTUTeacher) profile pictureWashington Teachers' Union, AFT Local #6@WTUTeacherJan 27
Conditions are still dangerous. We call on @dcpublicschools to make the safe call before dinner time to align with the surrounding districts and close school for another day. Join us in sending decision makers an email: actionnetwork.org/letters/it…
WTU Flyer - Ice & Low Temperatures are a major safety hazard. DCPS: Make the safe call and tell us before dinner.

ALT WTU Flyer - Ice & Low Temperatures are a major safety hazard. DCPS: Make the safe call and tell us before dinner.

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The CPI takes into account changes in package size, but does it take into account the baby wipes that stick together so you have to grab four at a time? 🤔
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"Speed cameras are good urbanism", he weeps to himself, as he pays the $100 fine for going 51 in a 40, on a road clearly engineered for 65+.
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A lot of us have been asking for more traffic enforcement for a while!
Andrew Leyden (@PenguinSix) profile pictureAndrew Leyden
@PenguinSix29 Aug 2025
DC Police and Federal Law enforcement conducting a checkpoint on New York Avenue. One arrested and many ticketed for expired or missing tags, broken headlights and too much window tint, amongst other things.
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Fun anti-dad micro aggression @ChildrensNatl : there are no men’s bathrooms on this floor, and the family restroom is closed. I guess it’s inconceivable that dads might be the ones accompanying their children to a medical appointment. 🤷‍♂️
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Me: “I have a lot of domain knowledge in the retirement saving space, obviously I know to do a direct rollover from my spouse’s former plan to an IRA.” Also me: “How the f—- am I supposed to get these two financial institutions to talk to each other??”
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@nberpubs22 Jul 2025
Examining small firms' take-up of a tax credit that offsets partial costs of implementing employer-sponsored retirement plans, from Adam Bloomfield, @goodmanl, Shanthi Ramnath, and Sita Slavov nber.org/papers/w34043
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Check out our new working paper!We document the low take-up of a tax credit for businesses who start a new retirement plan. In 2023, only 5.5% of businesses that appear eligible actually claimed the credit! nber.org/papers/w34043
How Do Tax Incentives Influence Employer Decisions to Offer Retirement Benefits?

How Do Tax Incentives Influence Employer Decisions to Offer Retirement Benefits?

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A great example of how correlation and causation can have opposite signs: The relationship between stroke rate and speed in the early rounds of Henley Royal Regatta.
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Glad to see this in print (I won’t say “finally”, this one was actually pretty quick!). I’m not expecting to get a diff in diff picture like this in every project…
Journal of Public Economics (@JPubEcon) profile pictureJournal of Public Economics@JPubEcon27 Jun 2025
Replying to @JPubEcon
The authors find that state auto IRA policies cause many firms to start offering their own retirement plans (like 401(k)s), rather than using state-facilitated auto IRA programs, despite higher cost to employers. Behavioral factors may play a role in encouraging plan starts.
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Just published in @JPubEcon "State Auto-IRA policies and firm behavior: Lessons from administrative tax data" By Adam Bloomfield, @goodmanl, Manita Rao, & Sita Slavov sciencedirect.com/science/ar… #econtwitter #pension #publiceconomics #publicfinance
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