More on the “Supplemental” poverty line con here https://t.co/1mUWQ4DUli https://t.co/cIYZs8gvpi

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 14, 2022

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September 14, 2022 at 02:39AM
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It would be nice if we could know the effect of the Child Tax Credit & EITC without using the Census’ fancy new “supplemental” poverty measure, which 1) measures inequality not poverty and 2) is so complicated it can’t be explained https://t.co/HNdY87RIsC https://t.co/pMwOlln4Uv

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 14, 2022

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September 14, 2022 at 02:37AM
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This is one woke campaign where rich Westside LA liberals get off the boat https://t.co/xYzFscZDb6

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 14, 2022

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September 14, 2022 at 12:34AM
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Stop systemic donut oppression https://t.co/xYzFscZDb6

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 14, 2022

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September 14, 2022 at 12:31AM
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Biden’s 9/11 flick at domestic anti-MAGA fight (“stand up for democracy [is] something we have to do every single day”) seems v-mild. A sign he realized stronger anti-MAGA link would be inappropriate–or that he realizes his whole Philly speech bombed? https://t.co/Bakb6EKtN2

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 14, 2022

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September 13, 2022 at 08:17PM
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They wouldn’t also eliminate the filibuster to pass an immigration amnesty? https://t.co/UpNZ586txI

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 13, 2022

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September 13, 2022 at 07:38PM
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The barbed wire does not seem very effective here https://t.co/EquarkfDXv

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Sep 13, 2022

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September 13, 2022 at 05:11PM
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True, I’ve been waiting for it to fade since at least 8/19 … https://t.co/beQTzEV5z7

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 13, 2022

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September 13, 2022 at 04:27PM
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On the other hand, a flurry of 1/6 subpoenas is maybe what you’d do if you were Merrick Garland and wanted to placate partisans and anti-Trumpers before you decide NOT to indict Trump before the mid-terms in the documents case, no? https://t.co/qnikKrMO64

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 13, 2022

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September 13, 2022 at 04:11PM
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Does anyone else sense the whole Mar-a-Lago/documents thing fading as a mid-term issue (as predicted!)?

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 13, 2022

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September 13, 2022 at 04:04PM
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Great. Can they also ask him about the Epstein tapes? https://t.co/8M49oEm5lO

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 13, 2022

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September 13, 2022 at 12:13AM
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PnB Rock Shot and Killed While Being Robbed in Los Angeles Restaurant https://t.co/AFf2kHEBiz

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Sep 13, 2022

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September 12, 2022 at 11:47PM
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

1) @besttrousers said I was “incorrect” and suggested I was reading the wrong chart.

2) I was correct and reading the right chart. https://t.co/bP6LMATiu4

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Sep 13, 2022

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September 12, 2022 at 10:31PM
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I think I am reading Table 10 correctly, as it regards the rise in workforce participation by single mothers without a high school degree, which is what I said. It rose 17.16 percentage points, of which 2.59 was attributed to time limits and 7.13 to work requirements. https://t.co/sG6I2EUJGl

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 12, 2022

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September 12, 2022 at 01:27PM
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The Slate story (by Rebecca Liss) originally appeared a year after 9/11. I repost it every year. It’s one of Slate’s most read pieces. The Oliver Stone WTC movie came out years later and made it into a less good story while getting things wrong https://t.co/KnMF81K9ZD https://t.co/2OzXP0vGy4

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 12, 2022

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September 12, 2022 at 02:41AM
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Also Moore: ‘Just don’t broaden the message to including restricting mass immigration or you aren’t getting any money from my rich friends.’ https://t.co/IwEX09kzVO

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 12, 2022

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September 12, 2022 at 02:26AM
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Requirement that Trump believe a classified document “could be used to the injury of the United States” seems a way bigger obstacle than Lodal lets on. a) Given overclassification, might not be true about a given document; b) Crazy Trump might well in good faith not believe it. https://t.co/om42djlmXM

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Sep 12, 2022

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September 12, 2022 at 02:09AM
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https://t.co/0ICe2MpN0I

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Sep 12, 2022

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September 11, 2022 at 09:14PM
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Here is a credible study (via @swinshi) concluding that more than half of the large increase in work participation by single moms without a high school degree was due to work requirements and time limits, both features of the ’96 reform https://t.co/5os7ByL2eG https://t.co/4oATEcRvda

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 11, 2022

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September 11, 2022 at 07:53PM
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A point even @JasonDeParle doesn’t dare make in this v-fair article is that the most rapid decline in child poverty occurred under Trump (2017-2019). Was it because of previously planned aid changes–or because Trump raised wages at the bottom (in part by limiting immigration)? https://t.co/egRSb3uHwE

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 11, 2022

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September 11, 2022 at 07:23PM
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” …despite fears of a rise in deep poverty (living on less than half the poverty line) has fallen by 56 percent.” … https://t.co/KxDXOYBI6l

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 11, 2022

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September 11, 2022 at 07:17PM
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“If you work, we will help you — Americans like that message…” https://t.co/KxDXOYBI6l

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 11, 2022

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September 11, 2022 at 07:13PM
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But the ’96 welfare reform (1) is a good part of what caused the increased labor force participation among single mothers” and (2) is also what allowed politicians to increase government aid–because it wasn’t going to non-workers.

Clinton emphasized (2) when signing the bill https://t.co/tg4MvEyHdP

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 11, 2022

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September 11, 2022 at 07:01PM
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With a Clintonian work-based welfare state, not only are voters more willing to be generous, but you can heap on benefits without threat of creating a non-work culture.

Left foolish to abandon this successful formula (per NYT) for the no-work dole approach of Biden “tax credit” https://t.co/nopnaXYtRH

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 11, 2022

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September 11, 2022 at 06:57PM
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“Progressives say many working families would still be poor without the expanded safety net, which grew in part to compensate for stagnant wages amid decades of rising inequality.”
But net also grew because it was based on work–a key point of ’96 reform https://t.co/KxDXOYBI6l

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 11, 2022

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September 11, 2022 at 06:51PM
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