I'm tweeting mainly about 2 big issues: 1) Biden's new dole 2) Biden's loose immigration policy. They are related! Best way to help poor Americans isn't neo-welfare but a tight labor market & high wages–something control of immigration can help produce. https://t.co/9VqSTH85aW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2021
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March 16, 2021 at 09:49AM
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"supporters of this new federal welfare program seem to hold a naive view of many low-income…households. Unfortunately, too many of these homes are plagued [by] challenges of substance abuse, poor school performance, criminal justice involvement, absent parents, poor parenting" https://t.co/QlLsP3cFQH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2021
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March 16, 2021 at 08:36AM
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Emails from Josh Hawley: “Liberals coming after me” … “Did you see me on Tucker?” … Have some self-esteem, man.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2021
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March 16, 2021 at 05:22AM
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Scott wins the Oscar for Bad Timing.
Nobody with this tin an ear should be head of the NRSC. … https://t.co/SiOvwj8bKW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2021
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March 16, 2021 at 04:16AM
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"Progressives Denounce Proposed Curb on Teenage Migration." Priority #1 is getting as many migrants into US as fast as possible. Stopping overcrowding, 'kids in cages' — that's further down the list. https://t.co/ItzxQJVQjA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2021
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March 16, 2021 at 04:12AM
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Without flow of cheap immigrant labor, construction industry finally innovates (with labor-saving 3-D houses). Not sure it would be bad if there were a long transition in which they *didn't* cut man-hour needs and had to pay higher wages. https://t.co/wYzQLoXyXI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2021
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March 16, 2021 at 03:57AM
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Another metaphor for the post-Trump Republican party! https://t.co/GvyjmcaRSI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2021
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March 16, 2021 at 03:43AM
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"Biden-Harris battleground blitz" seems … less than compelling. Divided up into different categories of beneficiaries. Tuesday is "small business" day! No danger of overstimulation here. https://t.co/n1gRlJlJh6 #axiosam
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2021
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March 16, 2021 at 03:29AM
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Also creates a "worker path" as an alternative to the heavily advertised DREAMer commitment to higher education. Tell me more about this "worker path." … https://t.co/WXBLyCqWt8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2021
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March 16, 2021 at 03:04AM
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This crime was a shocker for the West Side of L.A. https://t.co/XtMAs1GE4O
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2021
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March 16, 2021 at 02:19AM
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Wouldn't it be better if everyone just admitted what everyone knows — that most of those coming in are economic migrants, not persecuted asylum-seekers? Nothing wrong with migrating for economic reasons. https://t.co/LKo2sd5rUI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2021
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March 16, 2021 at 01:09AM
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I think the technical term is "More Cowbell." https://t.co/kk6YNtHK6i
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2021
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March 15, 2021 at 11:11PM
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"My view is that these new federal payments will encourage long-term dependency, reduce employment, and hurt families." https://t.co/QlLsP3cFQH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2021
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March 15, 2021 at 07:33PM
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"[While these payments could reduce the need for a relatively small amount of overhead, the reality is that they would also completely destroy the expectations surrounding work, family life, and personal responsibility …" https://t.co/k2uDZZt8tY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2021
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March 15, 2021 at 07:32PM
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The "new welfare" would upend "the societal expectation that children should receive both financial and emotional support from both parents." https://t.co/IGGkIYR64C
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2021
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March 15, 2021 at 07:30PM
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Notes how the Biden "child allowance" undermines child support efforts ) https://t.co/k2uDZZt8tY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2021
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March 15, 2021 at 07:28PM
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Of course you could easily design a program that gave the full child credit to low-income working parents provided they met some earnings or hours threshold (or prior earnings threshold). Giving $ to NON-workers, welfare-style, not the only way to help low-wage working parents. https://t.co/kS2iLbGcHR
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2021
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March 15, 2021 at 05:47PM
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I recommend Jason DeParle's book, American Dream, for a good reported account of how isolated (and chaotic) life of mothers on welfare can be. Work requirements pushed many out into larger society, where they did well. https://t.co/Kk8DPnqCZP https://t.co/y85EGFUHeQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2021
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March 15, 2021 at 05:28PM
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"The best unifying foundation for Americans remains work. When people leave welfare for work…they meet more people and people meet them. They don't necessarily find their calling, though some do. They find their fellow Americans. A check can't do that." https://t.co/9VqSTGQtMm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2021
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March 15, 2021 at 04:49PM
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Not MSM's finest hour: "Media misquoted Trump in notorious phone call with Georgia investigator" https://t.co/U5CXy5BP4S
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2021
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March 15, 2021 at 03:37PM
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This should go to a Hill piece on the 4 reasons Dems could sneak through a temporary revival of welfare … https://t.co/deBTkOms1j
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2021
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March 15, 2021 at 07:40AM
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Thoughtcrime at Georgetown? "It Is … Wrong for Faculty to Be Thinking—Not Just Speaking—…" https://t.co/yRovhQGByp via @reason
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2021
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March 14, 2021 at 09:59PM
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If no family has children, society collapses!
If every family has children, but sends nobody to work in the outside labor market (while the family is supported by the government for all that parenting) … society also collapses.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2021
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March 14, 2021 at 08:33PM
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This was probably an excessively raunchy episode. I blame Bob. https://t.co/pmpA7CmEBY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2021
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March 14, 2021 at 08:06PM
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MAKING THE JOE DOLE PERMANENT? Maybe it's hard to get "something out of the [tax] code," or to take away payments to the vast middle class. But is it hard to put in a restriction that they go to earners (like the EITC)? Vast MC would still get checks. https://t.co/anYv8CIQiK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 14, 2021
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March 14, 2021 at 07:04PM
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