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    Michael Hiltzik: With debt ceiling deal, GOP reveals its only real goal was cruelty to the poor

    No one should be surprised that the resolution of our most moronic fiscal policy, the federal debt ceiling, involved our stupidest social policy, work requirements for assistance programs. But that appears to be the case. In negotiations between the Biden White House and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's Republican caucus, one of the last sticking points was whether, and by how much, to tighten ...
    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times May 31, 2023 4 minutes
    US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to members of the media at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2023. Republican and Democratic leaders scrambled on May 29, 2023, to secure congressional support for a bill aimed at avoiding a US debt default. The bill, finalized on May 28, 2023, by US President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, after...

    No one should be surprised that the resolution of our most moronic fiscal policy, the federal debt ceiling, involved our stupidest social policy, work requirements for assistance programs.

    But that appears to be the case. In negotiations between the Biden White House and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's Republican caucus, one of the last sticking points was whether, and by how much, to tighten work requirements for food stamps and welfare.

    In coming days, as Congress moves toward votes on the deal, political commentators will thoroughly masticate the question of whether Biden or McCarthy prevailed in this dealmaking and which of them will be hurt or harmed politically by the outcome.

    That's not a very interesting parlor game. (Personally, I'd go with of the New Republic, who

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