FAITH IN GOVERNMENT NOT QUITE RESTORED YET: Moderna 2d doses being cancelled, leaving people two weeks to scramble to get them elsewhere with no guidance? Fear I may be one of them. https://t.co/cjSFFEQQWD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 12, 2021
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March 11, 2021 at 09:55PM
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Meant to link to this: https://t.co/AkGzWsA2zp
Thanks https://t.co/b0WnQ1dbxh
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March 11, 2021 at 09:41PM
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The key question is better stated as 'Will families be able to live on child support + side hustles//loans from friends/ etc. without having to enter formal labor market?' PS Plus many may qualify for traditional welfare (TANF) too. They going to keep enforcing work there? https://t.co/Bqje03LEFE
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 12, 2021
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March 11, 2021 at 09:36PM
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Krugman, confidently: "nobody will be able to live on child support." Really? $6-7K/year plus $6K food stamps plus any state supplements plus free Medicaid? In low-cost areas? Skeptical! https://t.co/1V1uuqrWnc
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 12, 2021
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March 11, 2021 at 09:32PM
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PREMATURE DECLINTONIZATION: Just because Democrats sneak a dole into the massive Covid bill doesn't mean we've had a "major change" in American politics. We'll find out when the voters actually hear about it and have their say. https://t.co/ICOU17vuiZ https://t.co/1V1uuqrWnc
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 12, 2021
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March 11, 2021 at 07:20PM
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March 11, 2021 at 06:36PM
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Doesn't Biden know "workism" is over? He could ask the people at Niskanen Center pushing his $100 billion child-check dole https://t.co/NB8wBKgyhE https://t.co/RTewLg3hbW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 11, 2021
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March 11, 2021 at 06:16PM
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He's singing the old words, but the music has changed … https://t.co/RTewLg3hbW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 11, 2021
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March 11, 2021 at 06:03PM
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DICONNECT: Biden says his stimulus bill gives "people in this nation, working people… people who built the country, a fighting chance.” But its progressive crown jewel, the 'child allowance,' sends cash to families that have no breadwinner, do NO WORK. https://t.co/5kEXdPOocs
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 11, 2021
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March 11, 2021 at 06:03PM
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Question for someone who's read the COVID relief bill: Can unauthorized immigrants get the new no-strings child allowance checks? Would-be asylees awaiting adjudication of their cases? (If we're talking magnets for border-crossing, those would be big ones …)
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 11, 2021
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March 11, 2021 at 02:49PM
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Imagine if Trump had eked out an Electoral College victory. The riot at the US Capitol might look like a Boy Scout jamboree in comparison. https://t.co/zNycmBkWLl
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 11, 2021
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March 11, 2021 at 02:43PM
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It sure *looks* like they're putting Americans on the dole, then bringing in immigrants to do the work. That's one link … https://t.co/PLjMTNARpa
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 11, 2021
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March 11, 2021 at 02:39PM
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AXIOS-STYLE! 5 quick points on the new Biden "child allowances."
Shorter than Yglesias, anywayhttps://t.co/AkGzWsA2zp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 11, 2021
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March 11, 2021 at 08:55AM
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New Kausfiles newsletter https://t.co/AkGzWsA2zp
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March 11, 2021 at 05:07AM
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You think Biden's going to emphasize his "child allowance" checks– or that they are designed to be a PERMANENT program lasting long after Covid?
My guess is no. Less public knows about this the less risk they'll have what doctors call an "adverse reaction." https://t.co/0uumvGFlRg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 11, 2021
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March 10, 2021 at 11:22PM
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"[S]toryline distractions" is a good euphemism for gaffes, though.
Expect storyline distractions! Or embarrassingly tight Biden-control. The real problem, though, is that presidential salesmanship is hard. Reagan could do it. Maybe Clinton. Maybe Trump. But usually it's a dud https://t.co/0uumvGFlRg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 11, 2021
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March 10, 2021 at 09:52PM
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"The president is preparing to embark on a new, far more public-facing phase of his term."
Why do I think this is a big mistake from their point of view? Stealth was working for them. https://t.co/GzKoTQpo5z
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 11, 2021
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March 10, 2021 at 09:48PM
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If @hamandcheese really means GOPs'll have trouble saying we shouldn't "refund" credits to people with NO earned income–because we now refund them to folks who do earn income–that seems…forced. Don't think @marcorubio & @SenMikeLee will have trouble making that distinction. https://t.co/0gjYRzHMex
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 11, 2021
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March 10, 2021 at 09:28PM
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Social Security is conditioned on work,** the child credit checks are not. Just saying.
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**–Social Security actualy DOUBLE work-tested 1) Goes to those too old to be expected to work 2) You need prior work history. If you don't have it you're shunted to less respectable SSI https://t.co/ARy119Enui— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 11, 2021
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March 10, 2021 at 09:10PM
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Wait, @DouthatNYT also has a Substack? https://t.co/wf3Ja1t0oO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 10, 2021
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March 10, 2021 at 02:48AM
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I meant "refundable" even to people with no earned income. Did Republicans endorse anything like that in 2017? That seems like the key thing about the Biden plan (compared with the status quo). Thanks. https://t.co/nssOve5BbF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 10, 2021
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March 09, 2021 at 09:54PM
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.@hamandcheese — Did Republicans really champion a *REFUNDABLE* child tax credit "as recently as 2017" (referencing article below). The refundability being the key innovation of the current Biden credit. (I honestly don't know whether they did or not.)https://t.co/RJzGJhDC8p
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 10, 2021
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March 09, 2021 at 09:04PM
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"[M]ost families need two incomes or some other kind of support." And a plan that helped correct that–allowing 2-worker families to become one-worker families, would be easy to support. Biden plan subsidizes ZERO worker families. That's a problem! https://t.co/02fnmHpTwJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 9, 2021
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March 09, 2021 at 03:20PM
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Why would anyone be skeptical of a poll from an outfit called "Data for Progress" ("works with movement organizations to provide data and polling that empower progressive activists")? https://t.co/V9mpT7N2ZT https://t.co/EnVe59TNBM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 9, 2021
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March 09, 2021 at 03:16PM
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Some signs the anti-welfare ethic was still alive as of 2019: Cash allowances to parents whether or not they pay taxes–the Biden plan–were NOT popular. "[T]he general public are really not fond of the idea." You'd think it will face a backlash, unless GOP terminally confused. https://t.co/iaSoTsLxGg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 9, 2021
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March 09, 2021 at 02:08PM
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