Remember, the “underclass” (90s term for long-term poverty/unemployment/crime/fatherless families) was never large–a few million depending on how you defined it. But it was at the root of a lot of problems. Anything that makes it a few hundred thousand bigger is really bad. https://t.co/5gJ1L1Pds0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 31, 2024
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January 31, 2024 at 12:16PM
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Well, the details of a deal are usually important! In this case, the Dems won on the details, allowing 2 years of benefits for one year of work. If they worry about weakening work requirements and promoting non-working culture, GOPs should vote against deal unless this is changed https://t.co/8TmJwBjLxf
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 31, 2024
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January 31, 2024 at 10:37AM
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Jason DeParle’s book American Dream shows how people stuck in welfare culture do move in and out of workforce while collecting benefits. But the sporadic, get through the month quality is very different from consistently working (as book shows). This CTC bill reinforces former.… https://t.co/8CJBgB7o2x https://t.co/TxOV1gwad4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 31, 2024
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January 31, 2024 at 10:32AM
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The trouble is Freire seems to have misread the bill. He says it only allows 1 year of benefits per year of work, but it allows 2, watering down work requirements. See thread https://t.co/Fp5AZfRnIa He’s defending a bill that’s defensible, not the one that’s actually before House https://t.co/ITPNIEwYMR
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 31, 2024
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January 31, 2024 at 10:23AM
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If the new ‘shutdown authority’ in the secret border deal only blocks asylum claims *between* ports of entry, why does it need to be limited by so many restrictions–eg. only when 5000 migrants/day, only so many times/year (like NFL timeouts)? Why not let President do it whenever… https://t.co/eN2U2JA3Iv https://t.co/igOjphe3XF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 31, 2024
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January 31, 2024 at 02:24AM
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Mr. Rosen should be prepared. Metro plays rough. https://t.co/nzxHFmkVR5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 31, 2024
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January 31, 2024 at 12:27AM
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Turning the handling of immigration legislation over to Marc Short? https://t.co/ze2ragZMC9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 31, 2024
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January 30, 2024 at 11:11PM
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“We have…Jon Voight.”
(I like Jon Voight, but Republicans should really not try to play in the celebrity bracket.) https://t.co/Q3EUJFSj9x
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 31, 2024
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January 30, 2024 at 10:56PM
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Who needs Taylor Swift when the MSM has Ken Griffin https://t.co/7e0S6Gr7dW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 31, 2024
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January 30, 2024 at 10:55PM
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“We have…Jon Voight.”
(I like Jon Voight, but Republicans should really not try to play in the celebrity bracket. ) https://t.co/Q3EUJFSj9x
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 31, 2024
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January 30, 2024 at 10:25PM
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People forget: Mayorkas was a sleazeball in the Obama administration too https://t.co/cr7RAMqz3g
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 31, 2024
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January 30, 2024 at 08:02PM
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People forget–Mayorkas was a sleazeball in the Obama Administration (2015) too. https://t.co/cr7RAMr6SO
https://t.co/GVWZ5o5Vnn #axiossneakpeek— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 31, 2024
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January 30, 2024 at 08:01PM
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I’m worried that now that they’re a success, the consultants and advisers who helped screw up his campaign will jump back on board and screw this up too … https://t.co/akUf0qDZYM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 31, 2024
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January 30, 2024 at 07:00PM
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“Lookback” is a good idea, We want to help people who are attached to the work force, which doesn’t necessarily require income *this* year. But if you start giving multiple years for 1 year of work it starts to look more like welfare. Would you really object to a 1 for 1 rule? https://t.co/TjNJ4ZCweH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 30, 2024
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January 30, 2024 at 06:52PM
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Oren! You admit Hawley & Romney/Daines/Burr proposals let people use last year’s income to get 1 year of benefits. This proposal lets you get 2 years. A welfare-like effect–subsidizing a no-work culture–might result. Why not go back to Hawley/Romney rule: 1 yr income=1 yr CTC https://t.co/zSJm8mU11G
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 30, 2024
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January 30, 2024 at 06:48PM
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Not the “lookback” provisions (2 years of benefit for 1 year of work). https://t.co/QuOyn5oTrm We shouldn’t do anything that helps create of a no-work culture at the economy’s bottom. There are easy ways to fix this! (#1 Don’t to it. #2: OK to use last year’s income only if you… https://t.co/UySlAeHGwY https://t.co/ITPNIEwYMR
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 30, 2024
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January 30, 2024 at 06:32PM
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This is the bill that has the Refundable Child Tax Credit expansion (with the dilution of the work requirement–two years of benefits for one year of work) … https://t.co/FKgteF7mMJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 30, 2024
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January 30, 2024 at 05:47PM
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A long list https://t.co/kvxao1QnL9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 30, 2024
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January 30, 2024 at 02:40PM
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Of course it’s a down payment on Dem’s preferred “no work” child “tax credit.” Washington Dems are open about it and have been pushing for no-work child payments for many years. You aren’t actually that naive, are you? https://t.co/mkjexxc46V
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 30, 2024
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January 30, 2024 at 01:20AM
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Amazing how MSM has fallen in line with “Trump killed the deal” spin. Here, eg, is Mike Johnson’s “Absolutely not” tweet on January 13. https://t.co/uAqP6A8AEL You can find him opposing it weeks earlier. Trump didn’t speak up until January 17th. https://t.co/ZPOmJ3Cx6o https://t.co/PYGDSa2vMP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 29, 2024
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January 29, 2024 at 10:34AM
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Never understood the big difference between letting in asylum seekers at ports of entry [which the deal would apparently allow] vs. between ports of entry [which it would ‘pause’ sometimes]. Entrants at ports of entry still lower US wages. It’s just cleaner optics for Biden. https://t.co/I3DyZJPTgr
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 29, 2024
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January 29, 2024 at 01:51AM
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“Shut down the border”
5,000 Monday
5,000 Tuesday
5,000 Wednesday
5,000 Thursday
5,000 Friday
5,000 Saturday
4,999 Sundayhttps://t.co/EcMtYClQTl
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 29, 2024
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January 29, 2024 at 01:18AM
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“Mandatory detention [for a day?]” https://t.co/9DF9eDFfsi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 29, 2024
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January 29, 2024 at 01:12AM
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These are just the loopholes that hit you in the face reading accounts of the deal. Still to come are the loopholes discovered in the fine print, or evident to veterans–eg there isn’t detention capacity for the “mandatory” detainees. Will they be let go? https://t.co/mtkqDV1JZU https://t.co/I3DyZJPTgr
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 29, 2024
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January 29, 2024 at 01:11AM
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Come to think of it, does the deal limit asylum admissions at “ports of entry” at all, even during shutdowns? They could be 10,000 a day? 100,000? https://t.co/igOjphe3XF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 29, 2024
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January 29, 2024 at 01:08AM
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