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You've probably heard about means testing during past presidential campaigns. Maybe you've even been on the receiving end of a liberal lecture about how important means testing is. But what exactly does this practice accomplish? In this week's video, we're diving into the philosophy of means testing and figuring out what it's good for, if anything.
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ProPublica report
www.propublica.org/article/st...
Texas TANF requirements
www.msnbc.com/opinion/welfare...
Universalism & solidarity
www.jacobinmag.com/2019/12/po...
www.jacobinmag.com/2016/11/do...
theweek.com/articles/601672/j...
MMT videos
• Your Taxes Pay for Not...
• The Deficit Myth: The ...
Beyond welfare
www.jacobinmag.com/2014/12/be...
Policy feedback
www.annualreviews.org/doi/10....
Means testing
www.vox.com/2021/10/15/227224...
Means testing costs study
www.cepr.net/documents/public...
Programs that use the OPM
www.hhs.gov/answers/hhs-admin...
Drug testing for public services
www.ncsl.org/research/human-s...
Deaths from lack of social support/poverty
www.publichealth.columbia.edu...
74% American adults say no to cuts to social security
www.pewresearch.org/social-tr...
Trump cuts to housing, food, health for low- & middle-income Americans
www.cbpp.org/research/federal...
Mollie Orshansky and the OPM
aspe.hhs.gov/topics/poverty-e...
Manchin on the radio
wvmetronews.com/podcast/talkl...
www.politifact.com/factchecks...
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