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jrefior, to Economics
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GOP politicians have been legislating so-called "work requirements" for government benefits. They claim they put people back to work.

But anyone who's been paying attention knows the policies passed don't do that, and the politicians really have other motives:

  1. disenroll people (especially black women) from government benefits
  2. quid pro quo for campaign donations from the corporations the government pays to administer the programs
    https://www.nber.org/papers/w32441
    https://hachyderm.io/@jrefior/110355989023528418

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  1. create a captive pool of cheap labor for their other corporate donors

    #GOP #WorkRequirements #inequality #poverty #welfare #NBER
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Municipal broadband advocates fight off attacks from "dark money" groups

#broadband #welfare

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2025230

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Mike Johnson - Mike Johnson's false claim about noncitizens registering to vote at DMV, 'welfare' offices

#mikejohnson #welfare

http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/20/mike-johnson/mike-johnsons-false-claim-that-immigrants-paroled/

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Human Rights that are dependent upon Sex, Geography, or Orientation are not Rights.

mjgardner,
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@RickiTarr If you want to hear a little more, here’s a nice brief interview with novelist and on the nature of : https://courses.AynRand.org/works/the-nature-of-rights

She rejects the idea that rights are gifts from God or society, as well as the assertion of rights to goods and services.

Also linked is her essay “Man's Rights": https://courses.AynRand.org/works/mans-rights

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Nonilex, to Michigan
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AG #DanaNessel's office says it will announce charges in its long-running investigation into fmr #Michigan House Speaker #Republican #LeeChatfield at 2PM ET Tues.

Nessel's media advisory provided no further details of what the charges would be or specifically who will be the subject of the allegations. #Nessel has already charged #Chatfield's top 2 advisors from his term as speaker in the #corruption probe.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/16/lee-chatfield-michigan-house-dana-nessel-criminal-investigation/73341391007/

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Update:

AG #DanaNessel revealed multiple #criminal charges against fmr #Michigan House Speaker #Republican #LeeChatfield in her office's investigation of #corruption in political spending..

Chatfield allegedly used political nonprofit funds for family trips including to the Bahamas.

Nessel said #Chatfield used private donations from the Peninsula Fund, a nonprofit #social #welfare org, to pay off $132k in charges to his personal credit card.

#law

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How can I help anyone. I can't even help my family. I work 7 days a week and there is nothing left over to send home. I don't buy clothes or cut my hair. There's no expense I can cut. I don't have a cell phone either. And yet I'm still luckier than half the US population. How are the surviving? They're not. They will die at least 5-10 years sooner than those earning a living wage. We're a nation of serial killers. Each vote against social programs kills thousands. #healthcare #poverty #welfare

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'Financial abuse': how a debit scheme to help vulnerable Australians led to exploitation instead

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/06/centrepay-debit-scheme-centrelink-system-exploitation-worker-salary

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Judge Orders Timely #Housing for #Migrant #Children Waiting at Southern #UnitedStates #Border

The decision established that minors at open-air sites were in #legal custody of the DHS & thus must receive #safe #shelter, even if they had not yet been formally processed.

#law #immigration #Humanitarian #HumanRights #Security
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/health/migrant-children-border-housing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

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The judge cited #BorderPatrol #control over minors’ ability to leave sites —& their #power to affect whether the #children have #access to #aid & #medical treatment….

“The ability to exercise discretion over, & make decisions affecting, a child’s #health & #welfare is indicative of maintaining #legal custody of the child, regardless of whether that decision is to provide or withhold care,” the 12-pg order read. “Juveniles, unlike adults, are always in some form of #custody.”

#law #immigration

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Capitalist welfare under AMLO: a critical analysis of Mexico's cash transfer and minimum wage policies

#poverty #welfare

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/03/31/paqm-m31.html

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The Guardian view on rising poverty levels: political attacks on the poor have produced penury | Editorial

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/24/the-guardian-view-on-rising-poverty-levels-political-attacks-on-the-poor-have-produced-penury

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Lighting conditions for lab mammals are currently set according to the sensitivity of human .

This Consensus View defines alternative ‘animal-centric’ metrics and provides guidance for their use in to improve animal .

https://plos.io/3PlK36N

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