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For various reasons, I've found myself thinking a lot lately about how the entire American welfare state, or really lack thereof, is supposedly designed to encourage work, and yet our
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A few people were confused by Biden's comments on student debt last night. The president said he would not forgive $50k unilaterally, both b/c he was opposed to the idea
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CBO just released its new $15 min wage analysis—adds $58B to the deficit, kills 1.4M jobs. Have to look at how they reach these numbers, but it's a bad blow
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Out of curiosity, was the letter from Times staffers about McNeil ever released publicly? I’ve only seen descriptions of it, no links. I ask because I’m curious, in light of
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My initial take on Mitt Romney's child allowance proposal: It looks good. As @dylanmatt writes here, some of the pay-fors are controversial, and it may not reduce poverty as much
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I see people ask this a lot. It’s a good question, and while I’m not exactly an expert, I do think there are a few basic answers...https://twitter.com/drzackaryberger/status/1349386591790366722 First, the Great
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This is absolutely the correct response. Just a walking parody of the left. Robinson’s tweet isn’t just irritating because he wants someone to pay off his Yale loans (whatever). He
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The new coronavirus deal is probably good enough to keep the economy afloat until the Spring. But what happens if the vaccine rollout takes longer than expected?https://slate.com/business/2020/12/relief-bill-congress-covid-deal.html Btw, I&
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So Congress has quietly reached a big energy deal that, among other things, would reduce HFC's by 85% over 10 years, a major climate win. But environmental groups are upset
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For what it's worth, I think student loan forgiveness would be controversial, for obvious reasons. But almost every bit of polling suggests it would be more popular than the GOP's
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Early vote as a percentage of 2016 turnout:Just gawking at these states. Arizona: 86.5%Florida: 90.8%Nevada: 91.2%Georgia: 93.7%North Carolina: 95%Montana 98.8%Texas: 108.3%https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html*correcte
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So, everybody is going to be watching Florida, Arizona, and North Carolina on election night, because they're expected to count quickly. But there is a chance we won't know the
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