Submission Statement: Ezra interviews his wife about her book The Time Tax which examines the negative effects of means testing welfare after Clinton's 1996 reforms, and how it will worsen under the Big Beautiful Bill which adds work requirements for Medicare. They finally discuss proposals to simplify welfare and taxes, including by changing the law to allows the IRS to share info with other agencies (which has already been done illegally by DOGE, but for more nefarious purposes). Wellfare is an important subject to this sub because we fuse economic liberalism/capitalism with social liberalism and a desire to see people lifted out of poverty
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Means-Tested Link for the Global Poor:
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If this guy’s one of us, then why hasn’t his wife left him?
I didn’t read the article.
I really think that means testing is a solution to much of current issues with welfare. I think most voters support welfare for those who need it. It’s the “need” piece that is disputed.
Some kind of simplify solution to testing all the many many programs would be a great improvement that I am sure would also be a nightmare implementation given state capacity
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> which adds work requirements for Medicare.
I think you mean Medicaid? As much as the GOP would love to increase general suffering, they also love winning elections.