to test whether cash payments can protect children from the toxic stress of poverty
The answer is yes. Obviously.
I keep seeing these pilot programs and small experiments in UBI, and they all prove that people prosper and thrive more when they have more money. Nobody is surprised. Was that ever even in question?
I want to see UBI experiments, plans, etc. that tackle large-scale implementation. We've proven "BI"; that was never the hard part. We need to focus on the "U".
Assistant prosecutor Lewis Guarnieri argued to have the case move forward, which was agreed to by Warren Municipal Court Judge Terry Ivanchak.
Name and shame these monsters.
There's no such thing as an innocent billionaire.
Wait... they got prescriptions for it?
Where are the malpractice suits? Where are the licensing authorities?
That's an interesting euphemism for tax fraud.
Also bananas.
Remember this when he talks about being "pro-life".
The closest I can think of--at least as far as multi-generation epics--would be Wilbur Smith novels.
That's like saying that he's not going to be humiliated in the race to be the Prime Minister of the UK.
Technically true, but fundamentally dishonest.
Why is he not sitting in a cell for contempt of court?
The judge is setting a bad precedent that is going to be used every single time he tries to hold anyone else in contempt ever again.
It's worth pointing out that, in general and throughout history, citizenship is something that separates the privileged from the unprivileged. The in-group from the outsider. The masters and the slaves.
Touting the rights of citizens, therefore, does not necessarily rebut the parent comment's criticism.