Tag: Welfare
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Setting the Record Straight on the UI Cuts
The summer data shows a zero-sum competition for jobs.
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The House Paid Leave Proposal Is Awful
If you like the US healthcare system, you'll love Richard Neal's new paid leave plan.
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The Economy Will Still Be 5.3 Million Jobs Short When Pandemic UI Is Eliminated
The latest jobs report gives us yet another indicator of how bad the UI cuts will be.
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35 Million People Will Lose Unemployment Income on Sept 6
The last UI report before the Sept 6 cliff reveals a coming catastrophe.
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Childcare Disruptions Remain a Recovery Bottleneck
Childcare disruptions are still way higher than before the pandemic.
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State Payroll Data Shows No Employment Spike in States Cutting UI
UI cuts are not increasing employment, only changing the composition of it.
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Recent Unemployment Benefit Cuts Devastated Incomes While Only Negligibly Increasing Employment
Net incomes fell by an average of $13,728.
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5 Ways to Make the Child Tax Credit Work Better
Reconciliation will be our last chance to fix catastrophic design flaws.
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Congress and Biden Must Extend Unemployment Benefits
If the economy is a federal responsibility, so is unemployment insurance.
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In 41 Days, 20 Million Americans Will Lose UI Benefits
Major UI cuts will hit on September 6 unless Congress acts.
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Two-Thirds of People Now Receive Monthly Benefit Checks
Have the Democrats turned a new leaf on the importance of benefit salience?
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What Could Have Been for the Child Benefit
An alternative proposal that does not have the CTC's problems.
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Neal Paid Leave Plan Excludes 42% of New Mothers
There is an easy fix that would include all new parents.
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Stronger Unemployment Benefits Are a Pandemic Success Story
States should now permanently strengthen UI programs.
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It Took Two Days to Make a Good CTC Website
The IRS had many months to do it and failed very badly.
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The Child Tax Credit Non-Filer Tool Is a Mess
Not mobile-friendly. Not accessible. English-only. Looks like a scam.
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The Unemployment Cuts Have Begun
Four states have now slashed the incomes of unemployed people.
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Biden Is Planning to Illegally Cut Unemployment Benefits
PUA benefits are not optional. They are required by law.
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IRS Confirms Major CTC Participation Problems
New CTC will not go to large share of poor children.
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What Michal Kalecki Meant by Full Employment
It is not about the employment level. It is about holdout power.
