Endless welfare benefits are not the answer to ending income inequality
“The American policy debate is undergoing an important change. Some influential Democrats no longer view welfare benefits as ‘work supports’ as they have done for the past generation. Instead, they increasingly see welfare benefits as ends in themselves, regardless of whether recipients work consistently or even work at all to receive them. Meanwhile, the list of benefits that prominent Democrats think that government should provide, from payouts resembling ‘universal basic income’ to ‘carbon dividends’ to free college tuition and free health care, is growing rapidly.”