For all of those folks blaming states for the failures in vaccine distribution...

Folks like @JamesSurowiecki spent time blaming states and municipal governments for not doling out the vaccines quickly enough. Yet forgot that the federal government is in charge of vaccine distribution - and didn't buy enough vaccines to start. https://t.co/NXKEi90bRH
By the way: We knew that the feds, under the Trump regime, would mess this up. It was reported back in December that the Trump regime didn't buy enough of the Pfizer vaccine, even after the pharma offered to supply more. https://t.co/bZ8w1CAfrT
This is unsurprising, and yet, still tragedy. https://t.co/H7ij9JOAbG
But none of the blame laid at the feet of states and municipalities is shocking, either. Folks have been blaming school systems for not having the resources to reopen school buildings - and for not being able to reopen in the midst of high community spread.
Sure, a few places have managed to reopen buildings amid low spread. A few cities have managed to bring down infection rates for a time.

But when the federal government chooses to be AWOL in a national crisis, efforts among states and municipalities will inevitably fail.
School systems, by the way, are still feeding kid and providing kids education virtually, the latter through low speed broadband that is also the responsibility of the federal government. As is feeding those in need. https://t.co/6HwmECPwJg
When the federal government fails to do its job in crisis, few states and municipalities can stand in the breach in their locals. Because they are focused on their parts of the nation, their efforts won't help everyone else. Which is what the federal government is supposed to do.
https://t.co/4AZfxutsA3
Elect White Supremacist incompetents, expect folks to die.
https://t.co/imHRi4Gx76
Again, though, it's not just about Trump. Senate Republicans and even House Democrats went along with one of the initiatives that ensure that less money went to pandemic relief and vaccine distribution: War machines! https://t.co/bIU2scJHFL
The failure is reflected on the ground in how the Trump regime has worked to favor Republicans - even in Democrat-controlled states. https://t.co/0z2udwZggf
While Republican governors in red states are screwing over citizens in Democrat-controlled areas. https://t.co/MzuIM3VPmm

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This is a piece I've been thinking about for a long time. One of the most dominant policy ideas in Washington is that policy should, always and everywhere, move parents into paid labor. But what if that's wrong?

My reporting here convinced me that there's no large effect in either direction on labor force participation from child allowances. Canada has a bigger one than either Romney or Biden are considering, and more labor force participation among women.

But what if that wasn't true?

Forcing parents into low-wage, often exploitative, jobs by threatening them and their children with poverty may be counted as a success by some policymakers, but it’s a sign of a society that doesn’t value the most essential forms of labor.

The problem is in the very language we use. If I left my job as a New York Times columnist to care for my 2-year-old son, I’d be described as leaving the labor force. But as much as I adore him, there is no doubt I’d be working harder. I wouldn't have stopped working!

I tried to render conservative objections here fairly. I appreciate that @swinshi talked with me, and I'm sorry I couldn't include everything he said. I'll say I believe I used his strongest arguments, not more speculative ones, in the piece.

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He has been wrong (or lying) so often that it will be nearly impossible for me to track every grift, lie, deceit, manipulation he has pulled. I will use...


... other sources who have been trying to shine on light on this grifter (as I have tried to do, time and again:


Example #1: "Still not seeing Sweden signal versus Denmark really"... There it was (Images attached).
19 to 80 is an over 300% difference.

Tweet: https://t.co/36FnYnsRT9


Example #2 - "Yes, I'm comparing the Noridcs / No, you cannot compare the Nordics."

I wonder why...

Tweets: https://t.co/XLfoX4rpck / https://t.co/vjE1ctLU5x


Example #3 - "I'm only looking at what makes the data fit in my favour" a.k.a moving the goalposts.

Tweets: https://t.co/vcDpTu3qyj / https://t.co/CA3N6hC2Lq