This is a really important short article by @haroldpollack on a bafflingly cruel federal policy that immiserates people for no good reason, and that could, in theory, be fixed quite easily.https://democracyjournal.org/arguments/when-is-2001-too-much-wealth/ …
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I guess if I just watched Snowpiercer eight years late it's time to finally read The Submerged State 10 years late
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This piece we just published is on a similar themehttps://democracyjournal.org/magazine/our-welfare-puritanism/ …
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As a .uk resident I was really quite stunned when somebody explained to me why 'take and bake' pizza places exist.
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I'm in favor of people not being easily able to cheat the system, but not at the expense of screwing people who need it.
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I suspect the $2000 limit encourages more unethical behavior in middle-class families as work-arounds. A $50000 limit would encourage transparent saving with fewer shenanigans.
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