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The Republican History of the Child Tax Credit and Why the GOP Should Proudly Embrace It
From Reagan, to Bush, to the Contract with America, to George W. Bush, to Trump, the child tax credit is a Republican creation that the GOP should embrace and make permanent On July 15, the first monthly child tax credit (CTC) payments went out, and they’re already being considered
New on Vocal: Why We Need Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and Why It Needs Universal Basic Income (UBI)
It's published!!! At just shy of 14,000 words, my latest article is the closest thing to writing a book that I've done so far. Despite its length, it's still meant to be readable like an enjoyable book, and not a heavy academic slog
Escaping Together
Thoughts about basic income, surviving disasters, and the future we must escape from At some point in all of our lives, we all try to escape from something. There are few things more universal to the human experience than the act of escape, of running from some predator or some
Letter to the Editor from a New Orleans evacuee
As published by L'Observateur [https://www.lobservateur.com/2021/09/03/letter-to-the-editor-from-a-new-orleans-evacuee/] Dear Editor: Between evacuating our homes and fighting over gas for our cars and generators, I know we’ve all got our hands full right now, but that’s exactly why it’s so hard to
The Eviction Moratorium was Never the Answer. Cash Is.
Trust the American people with the financial freedom to make their own decisions with money. One of those decisions will most certainly be paying the rent or mortgage. The pandemic has been one massive disaster, containing within it a series of more disasters One of those disasters was an epidemic
My wife is immunocompromised. That's why I feel so strongly about people getting vaccinated.
Your freedom to do what you want ends at the freedoms of others to not be killed There’s something personal I haven’t shared that I feel I can no longer be silent about, because perhaps it might be helpful as public knowledge, and because I want people to
How Republican President Richard Nixon Laid the Foundation for Monthly Cash for Kids
Making Our New Guaranteed Income for Kids Permanent is a Real Path to Universal Basic Income (UBI) “I propose that the Federal government pay a basic income to those American families who cannot care for themselves in whichever State they live.” That sentence was one of the more surprising things
Monthly Child Tax Credit Payment Will Likely Grow the Economy
America’s 6-month experiment with what is essentially a universal basic income for kids will grow the economy, reduce unemployment, and help make the case to make it permanent, increase the amount provided, and implement a full UBI. Economic Benefits of Direct Cash I was asked recently if I thought
Is $300 a week in UI making people lazy and does it prove UBI doesn’t work?
Claiming “lazy workers” may be nonsense, but it’s also instructive in better understanding the benefits of Universal Basic Income. The Climate of the Labor Market is Not to Blame. Thanks to social media, I think we’ve all seen by now the images of signs on storefronts posted by
What about combining a higher federal minimum wage with monthly recurring direct payments?
We can increase incomes, reduce taxes, accelerate automation, and grow the economy Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 is at the forefront of policy debate right now after being pushed by Biden to be part of the reconciliation package where only a simple majority is needed to pass it,
