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Jul 15 2021
Headline Roundup
Monthly Child Tax Credits Begin To Go Out To Parents
On Thursday, about 39 million American families will start to receive monthly tax credit payments ranging from $2,000 to $3,000 per child. The payments will continue for six months, and are part of the Biden administration's $1.9 trillion economic aid package.
Critics say the child tax credit payments are a disincentive to work and an expansion of the welfare state. Proponents say the
NPR (Online News) Yahoo News New York Post (News)Aug 20 2014
News
Millennials Aren't As Liberal Once They Start Making Money
There may be a glimmer of hope for the Millennial Generation–my generation– when it comes to attitudes about government and the welfare state. In 2008, young Americans got drunk on Barack Obama. I mean, insanely drunk over Mr. Hope and Change, who bamboozled them not once, but twice. So, it should come as no surprise that after Obamacare’s disastrous rollout and the president’s ineffectiveness
TownhallMay 14 2020
Analysis
The Animal Fact Checker
THESE DAYS, people are desperate for good news. Cheerful stories about animals reclaiming their territory––elephants roaming free in China, dolphins swimming through the canals in Venice––have gone viral. And then comes Natasha Daly, a reporter and editor for National Geographic, who diligently points out that many of the freewheeling fauna reports are false. She doesn’t like to disappoint
Columbia Journalism ReviewNov 27 2019
News
Fairlife milk drinkers ‘feel betrayed’ by alleged Fair Oaks Farms cow abuse, says attorney with lawsuit seeking class-action status
Millions of consumers may have a claim against Fairlife milk over alleged cow abuse at an Indiana farm, as eight lawsuits from around the country came together in a Chicago federal courtroom Tuesday seeking class-action status.
The lawsuits are being consolidated into a single consumer fraud case against Chicago-based Fairlife, Coca-Cola and the dairy co-op that includes Fair Oaks Farms
Chicago TribuneApr 29 2020
Top Argument
Universal Basic Income - Top 3 Pros and Cons
A universal basic income (UBI) is an unconditional cash payment given at regular intervals by the government to all residents, regardless of their earnings or employment status. Pilot UBI programs have taken place or are ongoing in the United States, Brazil, Canada, Finland, and other parts of the world. In 2017, Hawaii passed legislation creating a working group to study UBI. In that same
ProCon.orgJul 19 2019
Opinion
With Latest Nativist Rhetoric, Trump Takes America Back To Where It Came From
With his latest round of attacks on four first-year members of Congress who are women of color, President Trump has once again touched the raw nerve of racism in American life.
He has also tapped into one of the oldest strains in our politics — the fear and vilification of immigrants and their descendants.
Although three of the four women were born in the United States, the
NPR (Online News)Oct 08 2012
News
Poverty, Assets, and Safety Net
Government safety net programs aim to protect families during tough timesâ€â€before they fall into poverty. But rising unemployment, foreclosures, and economic distress are putting pressure on a system already in need of updates and repairs.
Urban Institute experts, building on decades of welfare reform research, evaluated public safety nets and proposed new initiatives to bolster
Urban InstituteMay 03 2015
News
What Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton told us with their responses to Baltimore
Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton each took a crack at addressing the most pressing of policy issues in the wake of Freddie Gray's death and the ensuing riots in Baltimore: How to break cycles of poverty and violence in America's cities.
They both looked back to the 1990s and came to some very different conclusions.
Bush, in remarks at the National Review Institute, emphasized
VoxFeb 10 2013
Opinion
Video: School Choice with Reason's Lisa Snell
"In our life we take for granted choice in all aspects that are so much less important than the education of our own children," says Lisa Snell, director of education and child welfare policy at Reason Foundation, the nonprofit that publishes this site. Snell has pushed for greater school choice across the country, and is perhaps best known as the person who helped defeat a 2006 California
ReasonNov 06 2022
Perspectives Blog
Misinformation Watch: Do Big Companies Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes?
Corporate taxation, the details of which were once relegated to the back rooms of congressional offices and boardrooms, has become an increasingly popular talking point on both sides of the aisle.
One claim that we hear often is that big companies with massive profits pay little to no taxes. But is that accurate?
Some Say That… Big companies pay nothing in taxes Ethan Horowitz