Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Significantly expanding the welfare state requires higher taxes which is very politically challenging, but analytically speaking the relatively high poverty rate in the US is easy to explain — our safety net is unusually small. https://t.co/MbDcVccIsG — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 14, 2023

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@bendreyfuss One group you do not hear a lot from on Twitter — the 39% of Democrats who agree the Democratic Party is at least somewhat too extreme in its views. https://t.co/q85ZUH2R61 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 14, 2023

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Desmond and the NYT mag did a tremendous disservice to public understanding by claiming that poverty hasn’t fallen at all in fifty years when low-income Americans’ material living standards have clearly risen. https://t.co/qpozpNwcT3 https://t.co/dHM1crugKH — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 14, 2023