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Trump's Economy, So Far
Dean Baker, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, writer of the blog "Beat the Press," and author of Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer (Center for Economic and Policy Research, 2016), talks about the Trump administration’s new poverty report (which declared the War on Poverty is over) and progressives’ proposals for a federal jobs guarantee and universal basic income.
On the guarantee of a federal job for anyone who wants one, @DeanBaker13 says "it's a great goal, but I just don't think we're set up to do that...if things go badly, it'll take a long time to live that one down."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 26, 2018@DeanBaker13 says most people who get benefits like food stamps are working; if they're not, they usually have health issues or are caring for others. Enforcing work requirements will cost more than it'll save.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 26, 2018The perception of freeloaders getting rich off public assistance just isn't reality -- and @DeanBaker13 points out, "there's racism attached to this."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 26, 2018