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Keeping welfare recipients away from nail salons (a quintessential neighborhood-based small business) does nothing to foster independence.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Keeping welfare recipients away from nail salons does nothing to foster independence.
Because the Earned Income Tax Credit benefits only wage earners who file taxes, it does not carry the stigma of assistance programs such as food stamps (Image from irs.gov.)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Taxpayers should shift anger from person using food stamps at Walmart to Walmart itself
Hillary Clinton is going to meet some resistance to giving the Democrats another four years in the White House, but the polarized electorate is her friend. (Image from HillaryClinton.com.)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Eight years of a Democratic White House is a disadvantage, but not necessarily a fatal one
Rand Paul faces skepticism that he can attract young voters and libertarians to GOP primaries outside of Kentucky (photo from www.paul.senate.gov).
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Will his ideas survive attacks from Walker and Bush?
New York's Houston Street thrives because of immigration; native-born Americans are more likely to move to the Texas city of the same name. (Image from Jewish Women's Archive/jwa.org)
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
New Census Bureau data reveal where people are moving—and why.
If food stamp recipients in Missouri are lucky, they'll still be able to buy canned tuna fish.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Politicians don’t see the need for care when shaming recipients of public assistance.