It is an interesting but ultimately silly and low-stakes debate.

Phaseouts are taxes that are accounted as spending reductions.

No.

Directly solving the problem of meatpacking collusion should be pretty easy.

Means-testing is a revenue-raising tax done very stupidly and inefficiently.

A solid child allowance that is also sneakily better than the Dem parental leave plan.

Cutting incomes does not help kids dealing with bad or irresponsible parents.

Over one in three kids live in a non-participating state.

Republicans are making legitimate points against a half-baked proposal.

The distributive case for providing benefits to everyone is a lot stronger than many realize.