#Welfare

VERY IMPORTANT PUP Update - I am now aware of one PUP recipient who has been put back to the higher rate. They were originally pushed to the lower rate
Read more
He said: My offices are bugged. He was right.He said: The FBI, CIA, DOJ and the Obama administration were plotting against him. He was right.He said: The media both liberal
Read more
CW/TW: ED, Anorexia, MH, suicideFinal hand in day of second year versus final hand in of final year. Your girl got a degree but she also got her mind and
Read more
Joe Rogan is politically liberal, through & through. But in many ways, he is *culturally* conservative. That's why he reveals elite liberals' game so well. For them, politics is just
Read more
Today, 75 years ago, the first plenary meeting of the United Nations took place in London. Some wonderful footage of that historic meeting below, including excerpts from Prime Minister
Read more
Ronald Reagan called Medicare & Medicaid dangerous socialism in 1961... he was a right winger of the Barry Goldwater variety, not the warm and fuzzy presidential muppet he has become
Read more
fundamental confusion in "dignity of work" stuff imopoliticos & pundits love the status/influence their job brings. think poor need this good thing, work1/ they talk to some working class ppl,
Read more
The GOP can adapt to this by becoming a multiracial religious party—and winning—or a white nationalist party—and (deservedly) losing anyway.There aren’t enough white Christians left to split the difference.https://twitter.com/adam_t
Read more
1) White working class voters 2) Black/Brown working class voters 3) Corporate interests You can win with a coalition of any two but Dems won’t let go of #3. 1+3
Read more
Lately, I think a lot about how modern business management principles were perfected by slave owners (per @CC_Rosenthal “accounting for slavery”) And wonder if capitalism can ever be unbound from
Read more
So I had some interesting conversations over the last few days about the future of the oil industry in California and I wanted to highlight one key fact for California
Read more
The "Unhealthy, EBT-wielding Welfare Queen" trope must die. A thread. I've been a state-certified social worker since October 2001, and I have personally helped 1,000s of clients obtain SNAP, TANF,
Read more
One quick reflection for new doctoral attendees @SSWRorg #SSWR2021. Particularly if you are feeling you don't know what to attend/ who to talk to. A thread My 1st yr I
Read more
This report is getting a lot of attention, particularly the implication that Labour should move to the right on cultural issues to win back voters. But, as I argue in
Read more
One reason I encourage everybody to step into independent consulting, even if it’s part-time and occasional, is that consulting gives you a much better sense of the value of your
Read more
However it ends, the row over Universal Credit tells us some incredibly depressing things about politics and policy in this country. A quick thread. First, the constituency for fiscal discipline
Read more
By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.