Stump speech does not seem to follow the Mercedes policy of “continuous improvement” https://t.co/FRjjpI8HoS

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 20, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 07:17PM
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Now saying Trump’s economy was good “but at what cost?” (Debt.) Crowd is silent. https://t.co/KWXhqKXo43

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 20, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 07:12PM
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Still saying. “I beat Biden by 17 points” without qualification https://t.co/P2CxxWhDjH

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 20, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 07:08PM
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Her most successful line: Saying Congresspeople should have to get their health care from the VA … https://t.co/slcOQy9GOU

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 06:55PM
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Haley doing well until she lapses into her stump speech…debt … education …Don’t you want an accountant in the White House … A snooze to MAGA and nonMAGA alike .. https://t.co/NN2d77QcOI

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 06:49PM
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Pretty good crowd for Haley in Manchester tonight https://t.co/TKYsE0nWpS

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 06:46PM
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This is a good idea for @DeSantis–but he better do it fast before Trump denounces the bipartisan border selllout. https://t.co/EatobzWI2D

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 01:32PM
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Nikki Haley needs a moment like this … https://t.co/Cw1WuoloqT

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 01:09PM
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I assume all 217 oppo files on Republicans are open … https://t.co/qpwUtNKTt9

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 11:46AM
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If Johnson does the obvious thing (kills awful Schumer/McConnell border/Ukraine bill), at some point the most promising Dem and pro-Ukraine strategy is to figure out a way to take down one or two Republican House members quickly and give the gavel to @RepJeffries, no? https://t.co/yggKPVhqii

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 11:44AM
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The ideological needs of @NiskanenCenter types to show they’re hip, check-mailing, poor-helping conservatives-not the old Reaganite scrooges!–is overwhelming common sense. Of course if you like a no-work CTC dole you won’t mind cutting the mild ($2500/year) work test in half. https://t.co/K9nVFNBs6h

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 11:38AM
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The “work requirement” is only $2,500 in earnings a year, not full-time employment. A ‘cutback in hours’ from a $40K/year job is going to put you below that? https://t.co/tHMVRAk3Zl

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 11:29AM
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The “work requirement” in the current Child Tax Credit program is $2,500 in earnings in a year. Not onerous. The group we’re debating about–that we should be worried about, socially as well as economically–are able-bodied people who don’t even earn that. https://t.co/IIWDMFvsqf

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 11:28AM
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The “work requirement” is only $2,500 in earnings a year, not full-time employment. A cutback in hours from a $40K/year job is going to put you below that? https://t.co/tHMVRAk3Zl

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 11:24AM
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Since one of the many purposes of the “tax credit” checks is to enable single moms to spend more time with their kids and less time working, it’s hardly outlandish to speculate that eliminating the work requirement for a year would encourage *some* moms to quit working. https://t.co/1NipYDSILJ

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 11:09AM
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But they (the progressives) aren’t open enough to try to pass a UBI as a straight law. They still want to lull the public to sleep by pretending it’s just a “tax credit.” https://t.co/khCAS82xrY

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 11:02AM
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The real purpose of the “two years for one” provision (in @WSJ words): “[S]hrewd progressives know this tax deal delivers a down payment on their eventual goal, which is to convert the child credit into a universal basic income.” As Beyer shows, they’re quite open about it. https://t.co/4HGfE7Awu5

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 11:01AM
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The problem isn’t two-parent families with steady jobs quitting work. The problem is (mainly) one parent families that work only sporadically working more sporadically and slipping further out of normal working culture. https://t.co/G14EGDq1CZ

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 10:53AM
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Note: @AEI is clear about the ways it’s study might underestimate or overestimate the dis-employment effects https://t.co/h9ni7GpB3E It’s a quick study of a just-released bill they’re trying to jam through. They should slow down and have hearings. https://t.co/QHYvGOM8kN

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 10:49AM
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By @AEI’s estimate, the ‘2 years of checks for one year of work’ provision’ “could lead just over 700,000
parents to stop working every other year, while leading another 395,000 to begin…On net… employment would be expected to fall by approximately 153,000 workers.” https://t.co/IIWDMFvsqf

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 10:45AM
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Re: The proposed child tax credit expansion–it’s not really a plus that, as @MattBruenig argues, “the lookback part is so administratively burdensome, it surely wont even be functional.”

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 10:22AM
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Because the real worry isn’t a marginal reduction of work among steady workers. The worry is creating (subsidizing) a group of people at the bottom of society who do very little work at all. We used to call it an “underclass.” The bill would likely expand it, which is damaging. https://t.co/ey9z4mGoUk

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 10:18AM
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Some new bills would help, if they are the right bills (eg E-Verify). But the McConnell/Schumer bill isn’t that–it’s a cynical scam. And Biden brought about the crisis by executive action. He can end it with executive action (eg restoring Trump’s Remain in Mexico initative). https://t.co/97OdjEKaSt

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 10:12AM
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If you have no income, it’s not a “tax cut.” It’s a government check. Doesn’t necessarily mean that’s a bad thing. But Dems should stop using “tax cut” euphemism in attempt to sneak through a universal basic income. https://t.co/E4MgNmQ64Z

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 10:03AM
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There’s no tradeoff if you just have a simple rule of “one year’s checks for one year’s work.” Why not do that? (Also easier to administer.) Could still raise the amount. https://t.co/GAVBmDAO6s

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 19, 2024

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January 19, 2024 at 09:59AM
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