This seems like a total distraction from the “no-work” debate. If married mothers in working families decide to do less paid work, that’s their choice. Doesn’t seem like a big social problem. Whole neighborhoods of basically non-working non-families *is* a big social problem. https://t.co/j5o3ey7hAl
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 20, 2021
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Yglesias waves away the no-work problem as “fake” because it’s only $7,000 a year. But he himself said it might be a problem at $10,000 a year. https://t.co/YirgjV7tKx He has a finely-tuned problem-meter. Anyway, as he knows it’s $7,000 plus $6,400 in food stamps plus Medicaid. https://t.co/qZykIfRwnw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 20, 2021
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July 19, 2021 at 11:58PM
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Thread https://t.co/oL2jTiPCXY
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Note: There’s a whole thread here! https://t.co/u4Hf0U8G1o
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Jul 19, 2021
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Finally, if he’s defending no-strings CTC checks on the grounds that they “won’t kill work” https://t.co/pDgLwMaS4P Yglesias should maybe start a fight with his followers who–judging from my commenters–think ‘killing work’ would be a good thing. Work is Clintonian cruelty! https://t.co/GGQ6c2VhNp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 19, 2021
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But I haven’t seen any studies of what happens when the effective marginal tax rate is 0% (rather than 30% or 50%). If anyone has any would love to see … https://t.co/ywRHhIfB40
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 19, 2021
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I’ve always gotten the impression that the effect of “marginal tax rates” as benefits get phased out is overstated–usually by the right, but now by the CTC-centric left. I share the skepticism of Parrott & Greenstein (persons of the Left) https://t.co/OoURlkH9H0 https://t.co/qDeWetNX8c
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Jul 19, 2021
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Against this, as far as I can see, @mattyglesias pits his gut feeling that poor single moms are “going to want to try to earn more money than” a CTC provides–and with a phase-out tax rate of 0% they’ll go do it Would be good to see evidence other than gut. Maybe I missed it. https://t.co/bbXEEUsP2s
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Jul 19, 2021
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As @swinshi notes (thread https://t.co/u4Hf0U8G1o) what happened to single moms was apparently they went to work and stuck with it to a surprising degree in the ups and downs after 2000. Their labor force participation was on a new, higher plateau than before the ’96 reform. https://t.co/RhwMc2i4v7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 19, 2021
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Then you say — this is your big finale — that the rise in work among single mothers was ephemeral, citing the ups and downs of labor force participation *in general*, not of single mothers, or low-income single mothers (the focus of welfare reform). Not even I am that lazy! https://t.co/yqyGqMIAOw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 19, 2021
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Well, you say I claim the rise in work among single mothers “was all about welfare reform, ” which is a straw man too. I mention studies that try to tease out how much was economy etc and conclude that more than half was welfare reform, not all. https://t.co/5os7Bz25gG https://t.co/5dqEaRIplD
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Jul 19, 2021
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Harsh https://t.co/cS7sRW5aaI
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Jul 19, 2021
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Think I have a lot to work with here https://t.co/mKRrBSLZwW
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Jul 19, 2021
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No. It’s called working.
This is the mentality I’m talking about. https://t.co/TPP6VoCEY9— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 19, 2021
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And, it should be said, if enough Americans share the ‘How-dare-you-ask-me-to-work?’ attitudes of many of the leftish commenters on this timeline, employers will vastly prefer to hire the migrants. There, I’ve gone Full Boomer. https://t.co/DZNWjJ8p6d
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Jul 18, 2021
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In other words, can Biden use concern over the Delta variant to get himself off the hook at the border, at least for a while (while Congress ponders “reconciliation”)? … https://t.co/NlUxKVsTuY
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Jul 18, 2021
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As pandemic wanes in US, Biden under pressure from left to end public health rule that blocks migrants, especially single men –which would cause another huge surge. But what if pandemic waxes again? Delta variant to the rescue? https://t.co/ylDtIOdelL
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Jul 18, 2021
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“The surge is happening at the height of the hottest summer months, when the flow of people seeking entry into the United States usually abates.” https://t.co/ylDtIOdelL
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Jul 18, 2021
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Including ushering migrants oh-so-efficiently through the border with questionable and mostly bogus asylum claims … https://t.co/sRxU7HT1xg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 18, 2021
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Wage levels were finally increasing https://t.co/dKdY0WW5Me (only in part due to min. wage hikes) but now Biden is letting in probably millions (if you add up the #s) of migrants who can’t help but drive wages down when they go to work. https://t.co/1qsMsToNV0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 18, 2021
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“Your UBI goes further in Costa Rica!” https://t.co/4q9qyi6ueA
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Jul 18, 2021
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Solution for those worried Dems: A big amnesty jammed through via reconciliation! https://t.co/WZokX0GBGS
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Jul 18, 2021
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Weird because the Biden White House and all the “refundable CTC” defenders claim it is pro-work https://t.co/4FEopnBvmj
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Jul 18, 2021
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Favorite spot in DC. https://t.co/UZyN1JMOiQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 17, 2021
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At the kickoff event of the 2024 presidential race, Trump voters in Iowa say they don’t want Trump to run again …. Sample size: 15. … Still, “none said they hoped the former president would run again.” .. https://t.co/QALmxFwns1
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Jul 17, 2021
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