Cash Is Turning Out to Be the Most Effective Welfare

By artappraiser on Tue, 03/09/2021 - 2:57pm |

Great to see US open to new ways of doing things > policy can be innovative too > There's a new welfare mantra, says @noahpinion: Handouts are the hand up people need https://t.co/IdTFP7uhlQ via @bopinion
— jay pelosky (@jaypelosky) March 9, 2021

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https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-09/covid-relief-cash-may-be-the-welfare-of-the-future?sref=ftskAWJe

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But wait I thought Republicans were the party of the working class now https://t.co/AR45x5YwZP
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) March 9, 2021

(a reminder that Trump gets this--at a very stoopid level, of course, but still--he consistently promoted $2,000 payments.)

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/09/2021 - 3:01pm

dude... I can't believe we are getting child benefit allowance. I don't think people realize how fricking transformative this will be.

Family values Republicans screwing up by not going all in on this.

Seriously huge.
— Rory Not Sorry (@rorynotsorry) March 10, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 03/10/2021 - 12:58am

The right was hostile to UBI because it said people would have no incentive to work, but many on the left were hostile because they rightly UBI might break down the demand for various other welfare agencies.

by Orion on Wed, 03/10/2021 - 6:13am

Maybe if Don Jr weren't being paid out if the campaign grifter acct he'd have reason to work and less time jawboning on Fox. His coked-up girlfriend as well

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 03/10/2021 - 7:06am

second half of your comment is very good point, much of what social workers now do is help people navigate a humongous complex bureaucratic web of possible government benefits

by artappraiser on Wed, 03/10/2021 - 2:12pm

Girls Who Code CEO Reshma Saujani has a plan to pay moms $2,400 a month https://t.co/uyQSlRP1Da
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) March 10, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 03/10/2021 - 2:13pm

Belinda sounds like a Republican; this is exactly why so many have nothing against it. Especially when it's not means tested, it becomes an entitlement:

Biden Signs $1.9 Trillion Covid Relief Bill #WhatDoYouThink? https://t.co/I89kV6Wgdo pic.twitter.com/IaRZZY4igp
— The Onion (@TheOnion) March 13, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/12/2021 - 7:54pm

Ro Khanna, and lots of other people, apparently, not getting facts right about traditional unemployment, emergency payments vs. real UBI

"Many nations" did not issue monthly checks to their citizens as part of Covid relief. In fact, none did. In fact, the US is the only major country that's made large direct payments to most of its citizens as part of Covid relief. https://t.co/jXQ22DJhNx
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) March 16, 2021

Genuinely bizarre to see Ro Khanna making a flat-out false claim in order to defend his "$2K monthly checks to everyone" idea.
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) March 16, 2021

A lot of countries had regular payments to their citizens that lost their jobs. Australia for example had the job keepers program. Germany also had a program. The US is the only nation that made checks a thing because they didn’t have any support system
— Morris Lee (@N1NJAGRAPE) March 17, 2021

Unemployed people got $2400 a month in extra benefits, and we did wage support through the PPP program. And we’ve done 3 direct payments to most households on top of that.
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) March 17, 2021

Not saying I agree w @RoKhanna's position about monthly aid BUT James is WRONG about this not be common elsewherehttps://t.co/qmzWc8Dd1h
— Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer (@RachelBitecofer) March 16, 2021

James is not wrong. He's talking about monthly checks to people regardless of employment status. These are paycheck replacement measures. They're analogous to expanded UI and PPP loans in the US.
— Alex Imas (@AImas8706) March 16, 2021

14 countries offered direct payments or basic income during Covid crisis. https://t.co/NxRIa4iaft
— Christine Brandt (@LavishTantrums) March 16, 2021

The only country on that list that made direct payments like the one Khanna is talking about to most of its citizens is Japan, and that was a one-off, rather than a regular check.
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) March 16, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 03/17/2021 - 1:58am

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