Interesting proposal–conditionimg child allowance on prior year's work As @hamandcheese notes, this would eliminate bureaucracy of work requirements–checking would be like Soc Sec, by computer. But Dems will reject; they (and Romney) want free cash for everyone, work or no work https://t.co/MNlzX0Qo73
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 19, 2021
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February 18, 2021 at 09:07PM
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There was a time when "AMNESTY & WELFARE" wasn't a winning political platform for politicians like Biden. Is that time really over? Don't think so.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 18, 2021
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February 18, 2021 at 05:40PM
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Can't believe @kyrstensinema is going to vote to restore welfare as we knew it — repackaged as no-strings "child allowances." Isn't she supposed to be a moderate?
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February 18, 2021 at 05:14PM
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‘Child allowances’ revive welfare as we knew it https://t.co/K9YvcEBIzx
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February 18, 2021 at 04:09PM
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1) A working professor whose husband stays home to care for the kids and 2) a family where *nobody* goes to work (supported by a UBI, or a "child allowance," or a "parenting wage").
These two things are not the same, for the family or society. https://t.co/z8JbsD2RRK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 18, 2021
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February 18, 2021 at 03:51PM
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Klein: "work should be available." I mean, if you choose that lifestyle. https://t.co/z8JbsD2RRK
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February 18, 2021 at 03:38PM
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THE RUB: "[S]ome people (including future people) who would choose single parenthood or non-work except that the current safety net makes it unaffordable would be able to afford these choices under child allowances" https://t.co/TKr3fan5gY
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February 18, 2021 at 03:36PM
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You would think they could unite (minus Romney) in attacking the bill's plan to reconstruct an AFDC-style welfare system out of no-strings "child allowances" … https://t.co/GbDQ2DWkUD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 18, 2021
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February 18, 2021 at 01:22AM
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Says maybe more about seven-part news serieses than about Twitter … https://t.co/OK1fpBcDez
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February 18, 2021 at 01:15AM
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They should just set aside a week https://t.co/Q2EqYEFHJz
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 18, 2021
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February 18, 2021 at 12:57AM
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Note: This is not a sign of cognitive decline for Biden. It's nothing new. He was an off-the-cuff, as-needed BSer back in 1987, when a dense paragraph of falsehoods caught on video forced him to drop out of the presidential race. Standards were higher! https://t.co/tQYval6HT2 https://t.co/cay17bLsSo
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 18, 2021
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February 18, 2021 at 12:50AM
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When BIDEN spouts BS, which is apparently all the time, @CNN goes out of its way to helpfully provide explanations of what he really must have meant. Sometimes (see alleged $9B racehorse-owner loophole) that's not possible. "[I]t's very much unclear that Biden has any source." https://t.co/OiYBKIIxGJ
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February 18, 2021 at 12:45AM
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STEALTH: Pretty amazing that a potentially society-changing plan like refundable (no-strings) per-child payments isn't even covered as a "key component" of the relief bill. https://t.co/Ud6ukDwjP0
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February 17, 2021 at 11:31PM
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.@paulkrugman even calls it "aid to families with children." Sounds familiar! https://t.co/pN0znNc967
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February 17, 2021 at 11:21PM
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He's a steamroller! https://t.co/wotyFQLcU7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 18, 2021
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February 17, 2021 at 08:31PM
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This is wildly unconvincing. The worry isn't a tide of poor people having 5 kids. The main worry is (as @swinshi suggests) single moms with 1 or 2 kids goimg from working full or part time to not working at all, with their families dropping out of the work culture. https://t.co/3dP9M5E3Uq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2021
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February 17, 2021 at 04:38PM
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"The tragedy of Dianne Feinstein." If she came out against the filibuster she'd get strange new respect, and perhaps be cured of any "cognitive decline." Just sayin' https://t.co/bpsJnlKbFi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2021
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February 17, 2021 at 04:20PM
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Well, when they time-limited AFDC and (in theory) required work, the percent of single mom high-school dropouts who were in the labor force jumped from about 43% to about 60%–a big increase. If you reverse the process labor participation likely to go back toward old levels. https://t.co/GngTXGtPV8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2021
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February 17, 2021 at 04:07PM
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.@LATimes saying "Latinos and Black people have contracted the virus at a higher rate than white and Asian people" is a bit of PC distortion. Black rate is nowhere near–less than half–Latino rate. Blacks actually pretty close to whites (in cases/100K) https://t.co/BzIofcKOjO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2021
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February 17, 2021 at 03:46PM
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$1.9 T? $600M? Democrats love it when the MSM focuses on the sheer size of the COVID relief bill because that means they aren't focusing on the society-changing policy bombs planted inside-like the Child UBI, a resurrection of hated no-strings AFDC welfare https://t.co/i7gvXpHEsB
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2021
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February 17, 2021 at 03:30PM
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"[W]hy is letting parents spend more time with their children a self-evidently bad thing?" It isn't. But If it enables a culture of families that never send any member into the regular labor force, generation after generation .. https://t.co/pN0znNc967
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2021
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February 17, 2021 at 03:23PM
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It's a big government and awkward news often doesn't travel upward. A nasty press story or question very often makes the president confront something he only vaguely was aware of. That's often why aides leak to the press–to get POTUS attention no? https://t.co/Ysc23cjQer
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2021
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February 17, 2021 at 02:04AM
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Remember when a trio of Obama scandals distracted the press (including conservative press) while Obama's big amnesty bill made progress in the background? https://t.co/Mxet3SVBZF https://t.co/BxWwnCLjDZ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2021
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February 17, 2021 at 01:45AM
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Does Biden really mind if MSM still focuses on Trump — as long as he quietly keeps his agenda flowing through Congress. If press focused on amnesty, or the new child-allowance dole, it would be worse for Dems, no? Trump gives cover. https://t.co/5Aiwxlhd5x
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2021
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February 17, 2021 at 01:38AM
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Maybe somebody could ask him … https://t.co/tvgz2myS8Z
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February 17, 2021 at 01:21AM
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