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Plato Shrugs: ‘Ideology Post Trump: Where Do We Go From Here?’
Source:The New Democrat “Ideological turmoil in America has reached unprecedented heights. With conservatives falling into the unfalsifiable throws of populism and Liberals fetishizing 1960 solutions to 2020 problems, both appear lost in moving through the 21st century. What comes after Trump for the populist? What comes after liberals fail yet again to implement a child’s […]
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The Nation: Rebecca Vallas & Melissa Boteach: Paul Ryan Just Accidentally Made a Great Case For Raising The Minimum Wage
Source:The New Democrat Am I missing something here, or has The Nation come back down to Planet Earth and finally just left Planet Utopia where there’s no such thing as war, poverty, bigotry, everything that most people see as bad? … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, The New Democrat
Tagged 114th Congress, 2015, America, House Republicans, Low-Income Workers, Low-Skilled Workers, Melissa Boteach, Minimum Wage, Paul Ryan, Poverty, Poverty in America, Public Assistance, Rebecca Vallas, Speaker Paul Ryan, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, United States, Welfare Reform, Welfare to Work, Wisconsin
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Eldridge Edison: U.S. Representative Bernie Sanders: On The Earned Income Tax Credit (1993)
Source:The New Democrat Anyone who actually interested in helping to move people out of poverty in America would be in favor of the Earned Income Tax Credit. Unless you’re an Ayn Randian who says that government has no role in … Continue reading
Posted in Bernie Sanders, The New Democrat
Tagged 103rd Congress, 1993, 1993 Budget Bill, America, Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Democratic Socialists, Earned Income Tax Credit, Far Left, Low-Income Workers, Low-Skilled Workers, New Left, Poverty in America, The 1990s, The White House, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, United States, Vermont, Washington, Washington DC, Welfare Reform, Welfare to Work
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Economist’s View: Opinion: Alan Krueger: The Minimum Wage: How Much is Too Much?
Source: Economist’s View: Opinion: Alan Krueger: The Minimum Wage: How Much is Too Much? Good question, because how is a job where the employee bags groceries, rings up groceries, makes cheeseburgers, cleans up after people, takes orders from customers, worth. … Continue reading
Brookings Institution: Center on Children and Families: Ron Haskins: $2 a Day, A More Complete Picture: The Next Stage of Welfare Reform
Source: Brookings Institution: Center on Children and Families: Ron Haskins: $2 a Day, A More Complete Picture: The Next Stage of Welfare Reform I agree with Ron Haskins here that when today’s Progressives say that Americans in poverty only live … Continue reading
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities: Judith Solomon: Medicaid at 50: A Critical and Evolving Pillar to U.S. Health Care
The New Democrat Medicaid, is a very important health insurance program for people in poverty including the working poor, but also people who are disabled and senior citizens. The fact that it is also for seniors, I believe shows a … Continue reading
Posted in LBJ Presidency, The New Democrat
Tagged 1965, 89th Congress, Center Left, Corporate Welfare, Democratic Party, Great Society, Health Care, Health Insurance, Judith Solomon, Low-Income Workers, Low-Skilled Workers, Lyndon Johnson, Medicaid, Medicaid at 50, Payroll Taxes, Poverty in America, Progressive Democrats, Progressives, Progressivism, Texas, The 1960s, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Washington, Washington DC, Working Poor
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The Baseline Scenario: James Kwak- ‘Friedrich Hayek Supported a Guaranteed Minimum Income’
“We shall again take for granted the availability of a system of public relief which provides a uniform minimum for all instances of proved need, so that no member of the community need be in want of food or … Continue reading
C-SPAN: President Bill Clinton’s 1996 Welfare Reform Press Statement
Source: C-SPAN: President Bill Clinton’s 1996 Welfare Reform Press Statement The 1996 Welfare to Work Law, I believe is the best part of the Clinton Presidency. Along with moving the Democratic Party back to the Center-Left and making it a national … Continue reading
Posted in WJC Presidency
Tagged 1996 Welfare to Work Law, Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton Administration, Bill Clinton Presidency, Economic Freedom, Education, Job Training, Liberalism, Low-Income Workers, Low-Skilled Workers, Poverty in America, President Bill Clinton, Public Assistance, Welfare Reform, Welfare to Work
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VOA News: Janet Weinstein- Activists: ‘Higher US Minimum Wage Still Not High Enough’
Source:VOA News: Janet Weinstein- Activists: ‘Higher US Minimum Wage Still Not High Enough’ The so-called conservative economist in this piece, said something that is simply false and perhaps even insulting to minimum wage workers, that I have to correct, or … Continue reading
AEI Ideas: James Pethokoukis- Reward Work
Source: AEI Ideas: James Pethokoukis- Reward Work I like James Pethokoukis ideas that he listed as far as not only the Earned Income Tax Credit which along with Welfare to Work are two of the best anti-poverty programs ever created, but … Continue reading
The New Republic: Jamie Holmes- ‘Why Some People Can’t Escape Poverty’
Source:The New Republic Source:FRS FreeState “During this week’s Congressional Black Caucus special order hour on “Lifting Americans Out of Poverty”, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries’ explained the base causes that keeps many struggling American families at or under the poverty line.” Source:U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in War on Poverty
Tagged 113th Congress, Education, Hakeem Jeffries, Jamie Holmes, Job Training, Low-Income People, Low-Skilled Unemployed, Low-Skilled Workers, Poverty, Poverty in America, Public Assistance, Representative Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Unemployed
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