WonkPM: Your afternoon update from Wonkblog for 30 May 2013

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View on the Web. Thursday, May 30, 2013 WonkPM is your afternoon update of the latest posts on Wonkblog. WonkPM is a supplement to your morning Wonkbook newsletter. If you'd like to opt-out from receiving WonkPM, please click here. Only a third of charitable contributions go the poor Sussing out who gets what from various tax breaks is tricky enough, but it’s nearly impossible for the charitable tax deduction. On the most basic analysis, it seems to help the rich. After all, they are more likely to itemize … Continue reading → Here are the five best moments from the National Spelling Bee The nerd’s Super Bowl is upon us. The 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee championships happen tonight, where a dozen middle school students put the rest of us to shame as they spell words we have never heard before. Since the … Continue reading → Will Obamacare force insurers to compete? The White House thinks so. Forget the Obamacare “train wreck”: The Obama administration thinks the Affordable Care Act is right on track. The key, they believe, is competition between insurers. More than 120 health insurance plans have applied to sell on the federally run health … Continue reading → Should the government have made more money off Tesla? Over at Slate, Scott Woolley argues that the Department of Energy messed up when it loaned $465 million to Tesla Motors in 2009. Why? Because the government isn’t reaping a large profit now that the electric-car company’s stock is soaring: … Continue reading → Japanese game shows are still bizarre and painful to watch For today’s lunch break, here’s a clip of a woman setting the world record in the 10-meter split. (You read that right.): Hat tip to the Atlantic's Elle Reeve and her love of gymnastics blogs. Paul Volcker on good governance, Abenomics and why he won't serve on any more commissions Paul Volcker has spent a lifetime as a public servant, helping guide U.S. economic policy during the Kennedy and Obama administrations and quite a few in between. Now he wants to make public administration in the United States stronger, with … Continue reading → Here's who gets the biggest tax breaks, in one chart (okay, six) The CBO is out with a big new report on who gets what out of tax expenditures, the deduction, credits, and exclusions that have grown to cost the federal government hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Here’s the headline: … Continue reading → Why a la carte cable won't save you as much as you think Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) wants to require cable companies to offer cable channels on an a la carte basis. Consumers love this idea. They feel they could save a bundle of money if only they could stop “paying for” channels … Continue reading → Study: Immigrants put billions more into Medicare than they use When politicians talk about immigration and health care, they usually voice worries about immigrants as a drain on federal health care programs. The idea has repeatedly surfaced in the congressional debate over immigration: What would it mean to extend legal … Continue reading → Wonkbook: As Obamacare starts, health insurers are just guessing Welcome to Wonkbook, Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas’s morning policy news primer. To subscribe by e-mail, click here. Send comments, criticism, or ideas to Wonkbook at Gmail dot com. To read more by Ezra and his team, go to Wonkblog. We’re in … Continue reading → Follow Ezra Klein:     You are receiving WonkPM as a supplement to your morning Wonkbook newsletter. If you no longer wish to receive WonkPM, or would like to unsubscribe from Wonkbook entirely, click here. ©2013 The Washington Post 1150 15th St NW Washington, DC 20071 Help & Contact Info Privacy Policy

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