Examining SNAP participants' work status at *a point in time* paints a very misleading picture of their work effort. (When might someone need SNAP? When they've lost a job & are looking for a new one.) Over time, most participants who can work, do work. https://t.co/qzTFZfVQeP
Your annual reminder that Dr. King believed in guaranteed universal basic income that gave all people a dignified life, guaranteed housing for all, guaranteed access to a high quality education, & said that “no one should be forced to live in poverty while others live in luxury.”
Rather than share the WaPo op-ed from the two scholars advocating against expansion of the Child Tax Credit (based on questionable simulations of future employment effects), let’s take a look at real-world evidence of how the expanded CTC is impacting low-income families today.⬇️
The question isn't whether we know how to solve poverty - these numbers make it clear that we know exactly how to solve poverty. The question is whether we're only willing to do what it takes to solve poverty in a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic.
Hey folks - I know it's been forever since I posted on this thing, but I just wrote a new blog post about how poverty decreased from 2019 to 2020, and I'd love for you to check it out!
https://t.co/c3NVryfhuF
And it happened because we decided to give people money. We gave *everyone* stimulus checks, we beefed unemployment, and we increased SNAP and rental assistance and other benefits.