Acting Social Security commissioner Leland Dudek said Friday that he is consulting with agency lawyers and the Justice Department as he threatens to shut down the agency in response to a court ruling blocking Elon Musk’s team from accessing sensitive taxpayer data.
Acting Social Security head consults with Justice Dept. on whether to close agency (archived)
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Unexpected: Studies Suggest That Rather Than Killing Jobs, AI Could Revive The Middle Class + More
We’ve certainly been talking a lot about the “AI Doomers” who insist that AI is all too likely to destroy humanity. However, even people who aren’t fully on board with the existential threat of AI do often say that, at the very least, it’s going to destroy jobs for most people, potentially creating huge problems. For years now, people have been arguing for universal basic income, in large part, because they think that automation and AI will take away everyone’s jobs. I mean, it was a core plank of Andrew Yang’s silly run for President.
Studies Suggest That Rather Than Killing Jobs, AI Could Revive The Middle Class
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David Autor believes both these things to be true: one, that Donald Trump’s diagnosis of trade with China as the source of woe for countless American workers was both accurate and a crucial part of his appeal on his march to the White House. And two, that Trump’s plan to help those workers by cracking down on trade is likely to backfire.
Is the cure for inflation worse than the disease?
The last year of inflation has disproportionately hurt low-income and nonwhite families — those with the least flexibility in their monthly budgets to absorb higher prices.
Is the cure for inflation worse than the disease?
Andrew Yang Launches Third Party For Billionaires
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Rather than something new, the party is attempting to reach a previous Republican electorate that existed before Donald Trump took control of the party.
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The People’s Party has their own problems, as well.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visits China
A blow for Western diplomacy: the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Chilean national Michele Bachelet, has just completed a six-day visit to China, looking in particular for evidence of the “Uyghur genocide”, but had to leave empty-handed. Going back 17 years, none of her predecessors has ever set foot in China.
Ms. Bachelet interviewed several dignitaries, heads of associations, religious leaders and witnesses at large. She even paid a visit to Kashi prison, but could find nothing that conflicted with the official Chinese version.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visits China
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Swiss get to choose whether to keep vaccine passports in place
Swiss get to choose whether to keep vaccine passports in place
The law voted on provides for more than just vaccine passports. It also expands financial support for citizens and businesses affected by the pandemic, a provision that may have won over some reluctant voters.
Biden to unveil emergency coronavirus plan, with major focus on vaccines
Biden to unveil emergency coronavirus plan, with major focus on vaccines
The legislation passed in December included $600 payments to individuals. Biden’s proposal is expected to call for an additional $1,400 — bringing the total to $2,000, which is a figure widely backed by congressional Democrats as well as a number of Republicans, including Trump.
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Blanket COVID-19 liability shield will cost taxpayers
Blanket COVID-19 liability shield will cost taxpayers
As a starting point, it is important to remember who is protected by immunity and who is harmed. Immunity from civil liability for negligence does not prevent harm or injury. It simply shifts the burden and costs to the person or group who has been injured — and all too often, to the taxpayer. The legal standard for negligence requires a plaintiff to prove four separate elements: duty of care, a breach of that duty, harm, and a causal connection between the harm and the breach of duty.
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