The Daily Receipt — Communist All-Starshttps://dsausa.me/blog/Independent critical policy reporting: who pays, what the record shows, and what remains unanswered.en-USRhode Island DSA Backs a Public Grid Takeover. Where Is the Financing Plan?https://dsausa.me/blog/rhode-island-dsa-public-grid-takeover-financing-test/https://dsausa.me/blog/rhode-island-dsa-public-grid-takeover-financing-test/A DSA-backed Rhode Island candidate proposes taking over Rhode Island Energy. The posted platform leaves the acquisition scope, price, payer and rate effects undefined.Thu, 29 Oct 2026 01:11:28 GMTEnergy and public ownership Free Buses: Who Pays as the MTA Projects Wider Budget Gaps?https://dsausa.me/blog/free-buses-mta-budget-gaps-funding-test/https://dsausa.me/blog/free-buses-mta-budget-gaps-funding-test/A new state comptroller outlook projects MTA operating gaps. A separate city analysis models fare-free buses at just over $1.1 billion a year. Here is the funding question.Wed, 28 Oct 2026 05:14:07 GMTTransit and public spending NYC’s COPA Housing Bill: The $170,000 Estimate Leaves a Financing Questionhttps://dsausa.me/blog/nyc-copa-housing-financing-question/https://dsausa.me/blog/nyc-copa-housing-financing-question/The Council estimates about $170,000 a year to administer COPA. That forecast leaves building purchases, repairs and outcomes to be measured.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:58:07 GMTHousing and public spending California’s Billionaire Tax: A $100 Billion Estimate Needs a Stress Testhttps://dsausa.me/blog/california-billionaire-tax-revenue-stress-test/https://dsausa.me/blog/california-billionaire-tax-revenue-stress-test/A DSA chapter promotes a $100 billion revenue estimate. Competing research shows why that forecast depends on assumptions that deserve public scrutiny.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:17:14 GMTTaxes and public services NYC’s Delivery Protection Act Needs an Independent Cost Testhttps://dsausa.me/blog/delivery-protection-act-independent-cost-test/https://dsausa.me/blog/delivery-protection-act-independent-cost-test/The Council’s administrative forecast and an industry household-cost scenario answer different questions. The Council should test the transition before a vote.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:44:38 GMTWork and consumer costs 2-K Is Growing by 10,000 Seats. New Yorkers Deserve to See the Long-Term Bill.https://dsausa.me/blog/2k-expansion-show-the-long-term-bill/https://dsausa.me/blog/2k-expansion-show-the-long-term-bill/Analysis of the October 19 2-K expansion: the modeled universal-care bill, existing funding commitments, provider-payment concerns and questions officials should answer.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:28:47 GMTFiscal policy 70,000 Opera Tickets: City Hall Should Publish the Costs and Resultshttps://dsausa.me/blog/opera-for-all-public-costs-results/https://dsausa.me/blog/opera-for-all-public-costs-results/Analysis of the September 24 Opera for All announcement, an older event: the unsold-seat explanation, unknown public costs and results that should be reported.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:28:47 GMTCulture and public spending