Yes, but the Smith/Wyden bill has found a grey ares, no?: Two years of benefits for one year of work. Why not 20 years of benefits? At some point work connection becomes tenuous. Why not keep a ‘lookback’, but say one year of income can only support one year of benefits? https://t.co/NJA33K2NuI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 11:40AM
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Congress’ estimates don’t even try to measure the anti-work effect of the “lookback” provisions … https://t.co/FKPwok82Xt
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 11:31AM
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Congresspersons–Dem as well as GOP–are supposed to be scared of not voting (a once in a generation chance!) to have “more migrants come here successfully”? https://t.co/9EG1bDOxRK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 11:16AM
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Sargent’s @newrepublic piece is a smoking gun. He’s obviously in touch with people putting the Senate deal together, and he clearly says the deal’s goal is “having more migrants come here successfully and efficiently.” That’s not “fixing” the border as most GOPs/voters mean it. https://t.co/ls9z3ihTVw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 11:12AM
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And Biden gets his Ukraine aid … how? By decoupling after the House blocks the bill? https://t.co/Ti4eE6llQX
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 11:03AM
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Seems obvious she has a limited range of sources she talks to … https://t.co/I96VC2qjnq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 10:48AM
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They’re “Politico.” They’re supposed to be savvy. Why do they play dumb? It can’t just be that otherwise their sources won’t talk to them. https://t.co/0VjO2G2Pmq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 02:41AM
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“The idea of pairing Ukraine aid with immigration policy changes originated with Republicans”–@Politico
It did? https://t.co/yynqlKfuDq
https://t.co/TKKN7KBlKa— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 01:41AM
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Dropping out was a brilliant move, it turns out … https://t.co/6pD3sZOKd1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 01:32AM
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Why does @Politico so often sound like it is credulously swallowing the official line. Eg “At the tail end of the Senate GOP’s last meeting of the week, however, McConnell removed any doubts.” No he didn’t. There are still doubts! https://t.co/YxOlxA49SK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 01:21AM
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CRAZY MAGA IDEA: “Pro-Trump literature at his headquarters in Manchester focused on familiar themes such as protecting Social Security and Medicare …”
That’s in the *Republican* primary. This is not normal! (I don’t think it’s a bad thing.) https://t.co/odLpQp62nI— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 12:12AM
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If it’s the toughest border security bill in a generation that’s only because Congress hasn’t done anything in a generation. Ridiculous talking point. It’s not tough. (Read Greg Sargent’s piece–it’s designed to sluice in an unlimited number of migrants. https://t.co/ILeVcJ8Hbx) https://t.co/R5fjjp83QB
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 11:30PM
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Sargent’s last graf’s just wrong. He says GOPs think “Anything that reforms immigration without dramatically slashing legal immigration must be rejected.” But we’re talking about ILLEGAL immigration-bogus “asylum seekers” who shouldn’t be here. https://t.co/ILeVcJ8Hbx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 09:31PM
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That is key point, yes. But you should be on the other side, Jon. If you care about wages and living standards at the bottom of economy–if you care about social equality–you can’t have unlimited number of migrants coming into the unskilled labor market. https://t.co/okLYK9qpPa https://t.co/EL9kAmKjjY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 09:22PM
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Here’s an excellent @TheNewRepublic piece by @tafrank making this point that somehow slipped past the magazine’s gatekeepers in 2013. https://t.co/okLYK9qpPa https://t.co/ls9z3ihTVw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 09:18PM
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“What Republicans object to isn’t border chaos. It’s having more migrants come here …” Well, yes. Duh. Enforcing the statutory limits is how you protect wages of less-skilled workers. I thought @NewRepublic would be for that. https://t.co/ILeVcJ8Hbx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 09:10PM
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Deal is still as weak as feared, unless (like Sargent) you want a system in which “more migrants come here successfully and efficiently.” But Republicans would also like to keep the numbers within statutory limits. That’s the basic dispute. Sargent admits deal doesn’t do it. https://t.co/xwdm3QNo65
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 09:07PM
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Sargent at least realizes case for deal should be based on what’s in it! But only new thing he adds to the weak leaked provisions is: “creation of a whole new process… to remove asylum-seekers who fail their initial screening.” But most *don’t* fail their initial screening. https://t.co/YEE4kz6FWq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 09:01PM
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On DeSantis’ advantage over Haley as a Trump Emergency Replacement … https://t.co/XpEmRxdSuz
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 08:20PM
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Not *everything* … Still … https://t.co/gjiUbyvyu6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 08:17PM
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I forgot (4) it would still seem to affirm the false idea that Biden is overwhelmed by unprecedented global forces and needs new legislation to stop the flow. He doesn’t. (A point made by @RyanGirdusky) https://t.co/3Yv2cx33rw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 07:59PM
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DeSantis should keep doing these things. https://t.co/EbfIXqeReP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 07:53PM
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FROM SLOW BORING: “We know how this movie goes…The US makes a policy change that erects or raises obstacles…Border apprehensions drop for a few weeks while people wait to see how the new policy goes, and the administration takes a victory lap. Then, once word of mouth… https://t.co/2gpenNOIpm https://t.co/3Yv2cx33rw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 07:37PM
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“We know how this movie goes…The US makes a policy change that erects or raises obstacles…Border apprehensions drop for a few weeks while people wait to see how the new policy goes, and the administration takes a victory lap. Then, once word of mouth establishes that at… https://t.co/ZlHgOAcaQX https://t.co/3Yv2cx33rw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 07:27PM
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Not really, because 1) Dems (and you!) will say it shows tough measures don’t work; 2) Biden can say they haven’t had time to be implemented and 3) as described in YOUR OWN SUBSTACK there’s always a reduction in border crossings while migrants figure out if things have changed. https://t.co/aeUBbawBw2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 07:25PM
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