And work requirements on Medicaid seem particularly misguided, for the reasons given by Robert Rector here https://t.co/aHAyog2mAf If able-bodied people refuse to work, we’re still going to give them medical care, as we should. So what does the requirement accomplish? Dems on… https://t.co/Ky6z9XwT5S
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May 23, 2023
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That doesn’t necessarily mean all work requirements are a good idea. In a big recession when jobs aren’t available–which is not what we’re in now–you probably need to either relax them, so everyone at least could get food stamps, or offer a WPA-style guaranteed job. 6/x
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May 23, 2023
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Yes, there were other causes of this “unprecedented” success at getting people into the work force–time limits, the EITC, a hot economy. But the work requirements were a big factor https://t.co/7gwv2kaTSS After this success it seems really hard to argue that work requirments… https://t.co/6VMjtIhABy
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May 23, 2023
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If you took those larger “demonstration” effects into account, would work requirements encourage work? Well, after Clinton’s 1996 requirements took effect “employment among never-married mothers, the most disadvantaged and least-educated subgroup of single mothers, grew from 44… https://t.co/iDDaJHUFPh
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May 23, 2023
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Even more important, this study and almost all the studies cited to (allegedly) show that work requirements don’t work ignore “demonstration effects.” They measure whether those on the rolls tend to work more, but don’t measure whether those not on the rolls are deterred from… https://t.co/6D5yExWTcT
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May 23, 2023
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Liberals object that total incomes didn’t increase, because the workers lost benefits–i.e. the result was “individuals’ replacing welfare and Food Stamp dollars with dollars from earnings and Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs).” But that is still “encouraging work,” Replacing… https://t.co/IzV48ldX00
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May 23, 2023
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If you drill down on the citation for @paulkrugman’s assertion of “overwhelming evidence” that work requirements “have little effect in encouraging work,” you get to this big 2001 study. (https://t.co/RkBebSY6DM). It found: “[N]early all programs helped single parents work during… https://t.co/04k5gaCUCz
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May 23, 2023
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What if there were a giant mining company,** & it opposed every attempt to regulate the safety & impact of its mines, and a Gov. said “if you block this next safety reg, I will screw you 1st chance I get.” Is he unconstitutionally punishing them for their speech?
**Disney Mines
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May 23, 2023
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Scott got only 8% of the black vote in his own state in 2016 … https://t.co/64Rbs6MrPt https://t.co/QzOSAdkDWO
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May 23, 2023
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“Those gains won’t materialize as long as the Biden administration continues to admit a reserve army of migrants …” https://t.co/wob1PwwSK9
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May 23, 2023
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“Biden has in effect colluded with the cartels to undercut the American working class at a time when the tight labor market should be delivering huge wage increases.” https://t.co/qeAPtz6HBV
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May 23, 2023
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“Biden has in effect colluded with the cartels to undercut the American working class at a time when the tight labor market should be delivering huge wage increases. Those gains won’t materialize as long as the Biden administration continues to admit a reserve army of migrants”… https://t.co/wHeKKS0V4K
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May 23, 2023
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Proving Democrats (at least the ones @mattyglesias knows) can be as big fools as major Republican donors who swoon for Scott … https://t.co/CR5Ie7N2vn
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May 23, 2023
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I think Prof. Tribe might give the President power to declare these “must pass” maneuvers unconstitutional because they give Congress too much leverage. https://t.co/aYucBJX2EF https://t.co/U6WH0nS8s7
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May 23, 2023
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“’Hot labor markets tend to lead to higher employment and higher wages for marginalized workers'”–so why are Biden & Mayorkas trying to loosen the labor market by letting in millions of foreign workers? Missing a historic chance to get the marginalized into decent-paying jobs. https://t.co/Q198f2wgfC
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May 23, 2023
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Am I crazy to think @TheMessenger home page looks kind of .. good? https://t.co/oUY1I3XLXp
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May 23, 2023
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1.8 million here, 1.4 million there, and pretty soon you’re talking about a real shortage of housing units, even if the the “change” in net annual immigration is negative (falling from 1.8 to 1.4). https://t.co/B5xoLfYxWN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 22, 2023
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Are you comparing rent growth with the growth in the annual number of immigrants? Why? Isn’t the apt comparison with the *total* number of immigrants-the people who’ll be seeking housing-which keeps going up, even if at varying rates. (Housing may go up too, but way slower, no?) https://t.co/aVcizOvnf8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 22, 2023
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The Howard Dean screech was fine even when Howard Dean did it …. https://t.co/GUtdxt30AO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 22, 2023
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UK’s pro-migration Blob in action … https://t.co/MFo0c1H19X
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May 22, 2023
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Wow. Biden official Katie Tobin boasts out loud that the administration is creating new jobs, including “new green jobs,” and … it wants migrants to fill them. https://t.co/ipetrgsarq
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May 22, 2023
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Tim Scott seems like a safe parking space. It’s not endorsing Trump without really pissing off Trump … https://t.co/UgOTU4uSkT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 21, 2023
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“Is President Biden About to Triangulate Democrats on Welfare Work Requirements?” If you want to know what GOP’s proposed changes actually do>>> https://t.co/rQBo8LH9go
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May 21, 2023
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Democracy is working https://t.co/thEgyf5bTY
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May 21, 2023
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Earlier tweet on this subject deleted because it read as if the NYT completely ignored Chapek point. https://t.co/uRwBQ90KZ0
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May 20, 2023
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