Are you conning them, or are they conning you? https://t.co/tioJMul9w1

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 2, 2021

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March 02, 2021 at 06:41PM
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Point is this is a huge opportunity for a conservative pol who wants to separate himself from misguided whippersnappers in DC pro-UBI policy blob! Could be Trump (hope not). Could be Rubio. Could be … https://t.co/kHeN1pQyJQ

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 2, 2021

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March 02, 2021 at 06:36PM
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That's what they thought in 1969 when Nixon proposed essentially a 'UBI for kids.' (These are not new ideas.) There was broad consensus except for a fringe politician in CA named Ronald Reagan, who called it a "megadole." Nixon's plan failed & Reagan .. whatever became of him? https://t.co/f1PfBqLE60

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 2, 2021

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March 02, 2021 at 06:33PM
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Most important moment may have been @AngelaRachidi predicting that, even if Biden's child allowance passes this month in Covid bill, "paying people not to work" will "not go over welll in the middle of the country." Dems should expect backlash. https://t.co/D2HxRao35J

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 2, 2021

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March 02, 2021 at 05:19PM
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Strikingly, the big child allowance proponent in video, @lymanstoneky, admits he's not focused on poverty. Poverty's been going down. "Mission accomplished." [1 hr in]! Let's focus on other values–eg family, abortion.

So why is child allowance being sold as antipovery plan? https://t.co/ogicVTHfod

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 2, 2021

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March 02, 2021 at 05:13PM
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Lively intra-AEI debate. Pretty clear @RobertDoar, @Mattweidinger @AngelaRachidi think child allowance is an antipoverty disaster. @Swinshi too but he is more measured (ie why take the risk?) https://t.co/coUgyWKL2I

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 2, 2021

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March 02, 2021 at 05:08PM
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How the Biden/Niskanen child-dolers will avoid creating a long-term culture of non-work and non-marriage:
1. Put all single mothers on the cash dole, and tell them that's great, they're entitled to it; it's theirs;
2. ?
3. ?
4. Low mariginal tax rates!

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 2, 2021

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March 02, 2021 at 10:00AM
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"[Y]ou have thousands of migrants showing up at our border in the dead of winter. What do they think that’s going to be like in 60 days when it’s warm in Texas?" https://t.co/3qO8TayWDM via @BreitbartNews

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 2, 2021

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March 02, 2021 at 02:40AM
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Also, everyone–unfortunately–seems to think it will be difficult to end the child allowance once voters taste of a year of it. But if it has the administrative problems suggested by Hammond (because IRS isn't used to sending monthly checks) why is it going to be wildly popular? https://t.co/GN6TPt4X1u

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 2, 2021

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March 02, 2021 at 02:12AM
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This was a calm, useful debate. Does @hamandcheese really think Democrats aren't going to try to extend the child allowance to illegals? https://t.co/60qvJXf8cN

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 2, 2021

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March 02, 2021 at 02:09AM
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Tomorrow (Tuesday)–debate on the Joe Dole https://t.co/coUgyWKL2I

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 2, 2021

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March 01, 2021 at 09:45PM
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*Robert https://t.co/s0PscSjrcv

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 2, 2021

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March 01, 2021 at 09:33PM
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TFW hip conservatives throw off the orthodoxy of Zombie Reaganism and … find themselves still obsessed with marginal tax rates. https://t.co/pcNGxLyhzV

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 2, 2021

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March 01, 2021 at 07:07PM
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Argues the "benefit phasedown rates," fetishized by the @NiskanenCenter, are not that important. Fiddling with them "appears to have little impact on work or earnings." https://t.co/s0PscSjrcv

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 2, 2021

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March 01, 2021 at 07:05PM
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Reobert Rector of @Heritage Foundation on Biden's big new child dole:"It abandons the link between work and welfare established by welfare reform in the 1990s and re-establishes the principle of unconditional entitlement to taxpayer-funded benefits." https://t.co/ZJ51hO5uex

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 1, 2021

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March 01, 2021 at 06:47PM
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There's a new $120 Billion welfare program in the COVID bill, but the press doesn't care! $120B! I mean, SNAP/food stamps is only $65B.
Unbelievable https://t.co/4RiCSpggip

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 1, 2021

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March 01, 2021 at 09:30AM
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Why a Biden "Come on In" strategy might not go over well … https://t.co/mbYYtr7kk0

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 1, 2021

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March 01, 2021 at 02:16AM
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'Too late for soft soap now…' https://t.co/fZpv4rqcY6

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 1, 2021

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March 01, 2021 at 02:08AM
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To judge from media coverage –eg https://t.co/dlTBmRERoe — Trump should be doing a lot better than 55%, no? https://t.co/doesuqAad1

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 1, 2021

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March 01, 2021 at 01:52AM
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/@hamishmckenzie You are paying this person to do this, right? https://t.co/pDNfXbsHG3

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 1, 2021

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March 01, 2021 at 01:42AM
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Apologies. To get the the potato programming, link should be this: https://t.co/IngYKWIDBq https://t.co/0FB5BcSgHO

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 1, 2021

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February 28, 2021 at 11:46PM
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Clubhouse has nothing like these potatoes. Just sayin' https://t.co/tydnnNjkw1

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 1, 2021

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February 28, 2021 at 10:25PM
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'Humans don't deal with fast enough speeds or enough gravity to experience a significant amount of time dilation, but that may not matter because scientists have determined the election of Joe Biden produces the same effect.' https://t.co/oRDwDiI40v

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 28, 2021

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February 28, 2021 at 05:21AM
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Just when i thought i'd cancelled myself, the pull me back in … https://t.co/ZaIV7AspDd [$]

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 28, 2021

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February 28, 2021 at 01:55AM
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The "Come and Get It" strategy. An idea so crazy it just might … https://t.co/HUjvLXX71o

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 27, 2021

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February 27, 2021 at 04:48PM
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