“Over? The border crisis is just getting started.” https://t.co/X3Vc5MiPaM

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 2, 2023

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June 01, 2023 at 11:02PM
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Crazy thought: Are payroll numbers defiantly rising, even as other economic indicators wobble, because Biden is semi-secretly letting hundreds of thousands of extra migrant workers a month come across the border? https://t.co/Alm8ZAtzEa

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 1, 2023

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June 01, 2023 at 04:33PM
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Huh. Alter’s tweet (to which I’m responding) was from 2021. I have no idea why it popped up on my screen. Carry on …. https://t.co/gwCxKQ2vQF

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 1, 2023

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May 31, 2023 at 10:55PM
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Huh. Alter’s tweet (to which Im responding) was from 2021. I have no idea why it popped up on my screen. Carry on …. https://t.co/6o17xFSR7w

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 1, 2023

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May 31, 2023 at 10:47PM
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Please. 1) FDR actually killed a dole program for non-moms, starting the WPA instead 2) People weren’t paying much attention to the ADC program buried in the 1935 law; Social Security & Old Age/Disability aid were the headliners 3) ADC fatally contained one word (“absent”) that… https://t.co/66BYyGGTeG

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 31, 2023

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May 31, 2023 at 04:43PM
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“TANF changes are really a five-state pilot.” This is the sort of important detail you have to discover before you can figure out what exactly McCarthy got (less than you may have thought) . …https://t.co/m0UoRTYRmX

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 31, 2023

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May 31, 2023 at 12:29PM
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For example, the bill would prevent states from gaming the requireed TANF “participation rate” by sending out small checks of “less than $35” to working families. https://t.co/AitnVheMpN But what if they send out checks for $36? https://t.co/bHOqV4arP6

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 31, 2023

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May 31, 2023 at 12:37AM
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Not at all clear the changes on SNAP are better, from a GOP point of view, than the status quo. I hope the TANF changes stand up to scrutiny. (The key part of welfare changes is usually hidden in the text’s details. And Dems often write the text …) https://t.co/32rlA69zOA

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 31, 2023

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May 31, 2023 at 12:07AM
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Here’s one thing: Food stamps for the homeless without work requirements. https://t.co/meTdqVkrHx

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 31, 2023

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May 30, 2023 at 11:47PM
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Only Jared and Andrew Cuomo are safe … https://t.co/zIiISPu3Lh

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 31, 2023

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May 30, 2023 at 11:29PM
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The 2-3 million estimate is here https://t.co/fwnsPP8IgV

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 30, 2023

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May 30, 2023 at 03:27PM
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Biden’s let in 2-3 million so far, mostly on questionable “asylum” claims . Seems like enough “scale” to me! For years Dem economists have rightly wanted tight labor markets to produce better pay at bottom, jobs for ex-cons, etc. Now that we have them, Biden’s trying to end them https://t.co/Kd7gyAD9cK

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 30, 2023

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May 30, 2023 at 03:25PM
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But the SNAP deal might be bad–in the other direction. Concession to Dems that exempts the homeless from the requirements seems likely to have perverse consequences https://t.co/1E0I9WWHlA https://t.co/AOKaXrQRb7

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 30, 2023

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May 30, 2023 at 01:48PM
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Most people wouldn’t do that (move to a tent). But a non-trivial fraction will.

We have a homeless crisis! Why are we enacting new policies as part of the debt deal that are likely to create *more* homeless? A misguided concession to Democrats.
. https://t.co/5qhjUy3QEU

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 30, 2023

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May 30, 2023 at 01:44PM
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Non-crazy hypothetical: You’re sleeping on your sister-in-law’s couch. She’s tired of you. Maybe you take drugs. She keeps nagging you to get a job. Your food stamp benefit stops after 3 months. But you can keep getting it without working if you move to a tent on the street. https://t.co/JMcvFvrjxF

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 30, 2023

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May 30, 2023 at 01:37PM
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.@nytimes speculates the debt deal’s exclusion of the homeless from work requirements “may also add people to food stamp rolls.” The real worry is that it will INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS people. Want your food stamps to continue? Go live on the street https://t.co/VwjZ1hpzDu

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 30, 2023

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May 30, 2023 at 10:00AM
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Here is a link that works https://t.co/671zs9YQUY See also https://t.co/VwjZ1hp1NW The deal extends SNAP work requirements to age 54 (from 49) but apparently exempts homeless of *all* ages.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 30, 2023

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May 30, 2023 at 12:24AM
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avis-Day acon-Bay https://t.co/4xf5pNqDyo

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 29, 2023

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May 28, 2023 at 11:50PM
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“[B[ring them in faster”: The hits just keep coming from Katie Tobin … https://t.co/a7Z4XZJGNO

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 29, 2023

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May 28, 2023 at 11:42PM
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So if you become homeless you don’t have to work (or deal with that bureaucracy)? This perverse incentive could be a disaster, no? https://t.co/nyGOx8St07 via @HuffPostPol

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 28, 2023

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May 28, 2023 at 05:04PM
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REVERSE RODENT! Trump’s previous pro-Disney cheerleading maybe didn’t poll so well? … PS He seems to think the governor of Florida can un-greenlight Little Mermaid. (Disney shareholders may wish he could.) https://t.co/r6NXY0Zv9b

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 28, 2023

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May 28, 2023 at 03:59PM
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‘A second Trump term would plunge the nation into the Stygian darkness of undemocratic, lawless autocracy. But DeSantis MOVED THE POEMS.’

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 27, 2023

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May 27, 2023 at 04:59PM
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Is the right message to give a cynical Millennial really “enjoy your life, your purpose can come later”? … https://t.co/ZikeFdRSXc

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 27, 2023

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May 27, 2023 at 03:04PM
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‘On the one hand, a second Trump term would plunge the nation into the endless darkness of dictatorial rule. On the other hand, with a DeSantis victory we might not control the Republican Party. …. We’re thinking!’ https://t.co/NUnolOdn5m

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 27, 2023

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May 27, 2023 at 11:00AM
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Why doesn’t @SpeakerMcCarthy make *this* an issue in the debt limit talks? At least block it for a couple of years. Tens of billions at stake, not to mention greater dependence. https://t.co/zB7HiiHGcW

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 27, 2023

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May 27, 2023 at 01:36AM
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