Here’s the administration’s release on the Families Plan. Buries the refundable CTC checks in two sections on “Tax Cuts.” It’s not a tax cut. Biden–at least initially–not eager for voters to pay too much attention to it https://t.co/3rQ8vz6Pkt https://t.co/0J9q8SQhTX
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021
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June 24, 2021 at 04:29PM
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NOTE: It’s all about the CTC (“Child Tax Credit,” or New Biden Welfare Dole)–or almost all. Dems hid it in the fine print for a long time, but now we have Awareness! That might not help its prospects. https://t.co/4RiCSoYETP https://t.co/f90Toqbn7g
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021
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June 24, 2021 at 04:12PM
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Also it is wildly expensive — $1.6 Trillion over 10 years according to Tax Foundation https://t.co/oHNX3X6Mkb https://t.co/zHnmCzYbkv
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021
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June 24, 2021 at 01:18PM
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THE REAL ‘CHILD TAX CREDIT AWARENESS’ HAS BEGUN: “These handouts will take away the incentives for single parents to work and get married. It will go to parents with histories of crime or substance abuse, with no questions asked or help provided.” https://t.co/IjzVZlhSqY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021
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June 24, 2021 at 01:12PM
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“[This is not a pro-family plan. It would re-create the failed welfare system that President Clinton and then-Sen. Biden opposed in the 1990s, when there was a bipartisan consensus that the goal of welfare should be to encourage work and marriage rather than dependency.” https://t.co/OqS8qpOyam
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021
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June 24, 2021 at 01:06PM
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RUBIO STEPS UP: “For the next six months, the Child Tax Credit, claimed by working families every year at tax time to keep more of their hard-earned money, will be transformed into an anti-work welfare check.” https://t.co/IjzVZlhSqY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021
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June 24, 2021 at 01:01PM
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Reminds me of my high school driver’s ed teacher, who (as a teaser) promised to tell us who has the right of way when 4 cars arrive at a 4-way stop sign intersection at the exact same time … https://t.co/3TchopONYI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021
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June 24, 2021 at 12:49AM
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Does the conclusion (that a bipartisan Hard infra deal really does reduce chances of passing a big Soft ‘Leftovers’ bill) change if both bills pursued *simultaneously*? https://t.co/pXV7tvmCXm Could get complicated! One of ’em has to go first … https://t.co/Qi189Il5X2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021
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June 24, 2021 at 12:46AM
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Could be stronger … https://t.co/utF8mnWTnD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021
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June 23, 2021 at 11:47PM
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Can @KrisKobach1787 have his reputation back? https://t.co/NXnmMT9ETk
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021
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June 23, 2021 at 11:34PM
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New kausfiles newsletter “To Bi- or Not to Bi-” https://t.co/wADwIVzd2j
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021
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June 23, 2021 at 11:26PM
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If Hammond sells him on the “child tax credit” dole he’s dead to me! … https://t.co/F3KwGx6oH1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021
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June 23, 2021 at 09:18PM
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If everyone fleeing a “culture of machismo” has a statutory right to come here, that means, what, half the planet gets to come? https://t.co/Zgg9qD6biu
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 23, 2021
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June 22, 2021 at 09:02PM
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Pro-child tax credit Matt Bruenig is not happy with Biden’s sign up site. (One upshot is they’re obviously not going to ‘cut child poverty by half,’ as promised.) https://t.co/XazfiOPae9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 22, 2021
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June 22, 2021 at 07:32PM
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Stacey Abrams now supports Voter ID! Is there anything Joe Manchin can’t do? https://t.co/YHriz9uCOV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 22, 2021
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June 22, 2021 at 07:27PM
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Reupping: https://t.co/vL8DTD8nKV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 22, 2021
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June 22, 2021 at 03:24PM
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Grocery store manager: “We’re going to have 3 carts left.”
Me to cashier: “Do your carts get stolen?”
Cashier: “Everything outside gets stolen.”This is in Beverly Hills. Imagine what it’s like in other parts of town.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 22, 2021
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June 22, 2021 at 02:38AM
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The sun is setting.The crowds are going home. Child Tax Credit Awareness Day is drawing to a close.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 22, 2021
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June 21, 2021 at 11:26PM
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If Jim Wright had been a painter https://t.co/870yyIFZw0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 22, 2021
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June 21, 2021 at 08:35PM
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JUDGING BY THEIR WORDS: Sending checks to non-workers will be wildly popular with voters in swing districts! https://t.co/Pt30PNYfy7
JUDGING BY THEIR ACTIONS: Shhh! We gotta sneak this huge welfare-restoration plan through without voters noticing. https://t.co/AKK4baAIWJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 22, 2021
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June 21, 2021 at 08:33PM
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It’s Child Tax Credit Awareness Day and Biden ally Sen. Coons doesn’t even mention it in his litany of the wonderful initiatives in the big “soft infrastructure” bill. It’s that popular! https://t.co/tYCeM3QCz2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 22, 2021
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June 21, 2021 at 08:25PM
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Kushner’s a source too! https://t.co/f6P3KJmc5z
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 22, 2021
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June 21, 2021 at 08:15PM
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Kavanaugh never worked for The Washington Monthly … https://t.co/ErpT6tShUi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 21, 2021
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June 21, 2021 at 07:12PM
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‘When they came for Lin-Manuel Miranda, I …
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 21, 2021
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June 21, 2021 at 07:02PM
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TROUBLE IN THE COALITION OF THE ASCENDANT: “The problem is believing that ‘Latino-ness’ presents a worthy ‘alternative’ to U.S. whiteness, when it is simply White hegemony by another name.” https://t.co/yJvrhUUSOR
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 21, 2021
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June 21, 2021 at 06:54PM
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