Category: Posts
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The Case for Making Parental Leave Actually Universal
The paid leave plan is not universal despite what advocates say.
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Amazon Story Illustrates the Problem with Democrats' Paid Leave Plan
Letting companies and insurers run the paid leave system is a bad idea.
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One More Time on Child Care
Is anyone actually saying middle class families won't be squeezed?
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Responses to the Child Care Piece
The last piece made quite a splash.
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Democratic Child Care Plan Will Spike Prices for the Middle Class by $13,000
Bad design generates bad results once again.
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A Reconciliation Family Benefits Cheat Sheet
The good, the bad, and the ugly of Build Back Better.
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Problems with the Democratic Child Care and Pre-K Proposals
So many problems. So easy to solve. And yet here we are.
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New Child Tax Credit Is Not Reaching the Poorest Families
New data from Code for America shows how few non-filers are signing up.
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Why Is There a Labor Shortage?
Early retirements, migration, career reassessments, and childcare problems explain a lot.
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Sept: Eight Million Removed From UI. Only 194,000 New Jobs.
A devastating September for unemployed workers.
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Let Me Walk You Through How Stupid the Paid Leave Bill Is
Imagine Medicare Advantage except if it was designed by idiots.
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Senate Unemployment Insurance Proposal Needs Improvement
Without minimum benefit amounts, states can and likely will undermine proposed UI reforms.
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A Sharper CTC Means-Test Would Make the Program Way Less Popular
A lesson in the hazards of pollsters trying to do policy.
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18% of Eligible Children Are Not Receiving Monthly CTC Payments
The number of children receiving the benefit declined last month.
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House Paid Leave Bill Does Not Preserve Existing Plans
Paid leave advocates are lying about the Neal Plan.
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When McDonalds Came to Denmark
The story of why McDonalds pays Danish workers $22/hr.
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August Job Growth Was Twice as Fast in States That Retained UI
More evidence mounts against the unemployment benefit cuts.
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Comparing US and Nordic Labor Taxes
What is your tax rate? It's a more difficult question than it may seem.
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NYT Prints Highly Misleading Piece Against New Child Tax Credit
The poll cited shows majority support for making the CTC permanent.
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The Department of Labor Should Overhaul the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics Program
The current survey was designed for a single use: determining wages for guest worker visa programs. Yet occupational earnings data have a deeper origin and purpose in full-employment planning.
