John Thornton Jr.

Executive Director of Held, an organization changing lives through guaranteed income

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@IsaacLHarris This was what people said when we were kids in the 90s

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@DanReese21 This is great. Would be awesome if there was a central agency that could just collect money and then that same central agency distributed money.

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@Established1865 @jaycaspiankang Do you think there’s any limit to what teachers can accomplish? Like let’s say this coaching worked across the board, what would that look like? Would there still be students that couldn’t do fractions or read?

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@NickVanExit This seems right but I also wonder who are the household NFL and MLB names. I bet it’s about 7-8 for the former and then 1-2 for the latter.

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@KelseyTuoc How would you say that EA as a principle relates to egalitarianism?

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@TheAlanNoble Would be a massive reduction in poverty

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@jbarro What’re the various domains he’s succeeded in? Mayor of a city of 100,00 and 4 years as secretary of transportation?

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@Marian_L_Tupy @bryan_caplan huh. @MattBruenig

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@traxus4420 see also: rolling back unemployment insurance which was having a much greater effect on poverty reduction than the child tax credits even though a lot of the more progressive or left rallied around the latter.

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@MattBruenig @Noahpinion It’s the same thing as saying that it does damage to Christianity and risks violence against actual Christian communities by claiming that the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan were justified because America is a Christian nation

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@Jussjesse2k @DKThomp Why do you think he isn't already being sued by Ballmer?

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@shl I'd love to try this

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@MattZeitlin Have to include wealth inequality and poverty in the mix. We don’t judge our position relative to someone a hundred years ago, but to people now who have more and against a backdrop of how far we could fall which in America is complete and utter destitution and homelessness.

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@TheWapplehouse I just saw them at one of their three nights at cats cradle and it was awesome.

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Was truly grateful to get to speak with @JohnThorntonJr recently about HELD, the organization he founded that addresses poverty by providing guaranteed income directly to people in need. They started in Greensboro, NC, they're saving lives, and they're growing. We discussed his ministry work after graduating from Grapevine Faith, his career as a standup comic, and his ideas for helping those in need.

Weekend listening perhaps. Really enjoyed this. https://t.co/TbtaDxzkXe

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@MattBruenig @JeremiahDJohns Great episode of Odd Lots on Aldi. Think they’d be a great candidate or model for an SOE.

https://t.co/b1XsfzND2J

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@NotJackKemp Going to say “That went down with not exactly great laughter” after every joke that bombs from now on

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@davidslosttt yeah dude for sure

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@AliceFromQueens @besttrousers I'd guess free market means "being able to buy the stuff I want to buy when I want to buy it" and "capitalism" means "the richest of the rich having way more than everyone else"

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@mattyglesias Wasn't the main domestic failure that his brain didn't work?