The #CitizensUnited decision — which extended #FreeSpeechRights to #corporations, #nonprofits & #unions — effectively curbed efforts to rein in #political spending, while paving the way for follow-up rulings from courts & the #FEC that would unleash additional billions of dollars in donations. Those donors would spawn a boom in #TaxExempt “#charitable” & “#SocialWelfare” groups as vehicles for spending on political activity.

More family carers set to qualify for the state pension from 2024

#SocialWelfare #Carers

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/90d8b-changes-to-the-state-pension-contributory-what-you-need-to-know/

@martinmeany Apparently #SocialWelfare have taken an interest in #RTÉ 's bogus self-employment practices in recent years, and many former "independent contractors" are now on payroll.

Theoretical analysis of #MachineLearning decision making. #Fairness viewed as #SocialWelfare should also take into account the alternative decision (called #counterfactual outcomes). This paper proposes a framework which models two kinds of actors: (1) a "principal" who is the central organisation; (2) a set of "agents" who provides the service under consideration. The social welfare goal is to design reward functions with high utility for the principal.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.14595

#News is that Pres #JoeBiden is considering Speaker #KevinMcCarthy's demands to decrease funding, add #WorkRequirements, & raise the age of "abled body adults" from 18-50 to 18-56 on #SocialServices like #FoodStamps (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program / #SNAP).

I need my friends & followers to write the President. We need to tell him to keep hands OFF on #SocialWelfare programs, like SNAP, #TANF, #WIC, #AffordableHousing assistance, #HeadStart, & others.

whitehouse.gov/contact

#FactCheck: #Republicans & Spkr #KevinMcCarthy claim #WorkRequirements on #SocialWelfare programs lift people out of #proverty. Is that true? No. A study of when Virginia added work requirements to #SNAP in '13: there was 53% reduction in #FoodStamps participation, but the effects on #employment were "not statistically different from zero."

https://www.nber.org/papers/w28877

No increase in employment, but an big increase in ppl going hungry.

#news #politics #DebtCeiling #welfare #SocialSafetyNet #poor

#AI is going to be the new religion.

Say you were to ask an AI the question: "how can we improve public safety?" it might look at the statistics and give a response like "police funding does not scale with benefit, it would be best to cap it and divert money into #socialwelfare" or "gun ownership increases a person's likelihood of getting shot, it would be best to limit it." Would people even believe it? 1/

🧵 4/6
4th, #Republicans want to cut #GovernmentSpending on #SocialWelfare prgms incl #SocialSecurity, #Medicare/#Medicaid, #SNAP/#FoodStamps, & COVID relief. It's #ClassWarfare blaming poor for #nationaldebt. Yes #SocialServices is a fair % of the budget, but so is the military & they arent cutting that. Besides for every $1 the gov puts into SNAP we get about $1.79 in economic activity. It's true for other #PublicAssistance prgms like #TANF, #Section8 & others.
#news #debtceiling #KevinMcCarthy

I wrote a long essay on the #DebtCeiling, the #NationalDebt, #Republicans, the #FederalBudget, #Taxes, #TaxCuts, #SocialWelfare, #CorporateWelfare, #MinimumWage, and more.

Since Mastodon doesn't like essays, am posting it as an image, or you can read I posted it at Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/thedavid.mfano/posts/pfbid0MDceqfqiVMuYAoYn6QwYHm85m3TGj87SPbLwU3vWeMbfuccqhpgeucT4VLzyL6B4l

#news #politics #economy

Madrid politician under fire for hypocrisy over social welfare benefits #MonicaGarcia #MadridPolitics #SocialWelfare https://www.GPTrending.com/#/?date=2023-03-16&topic=Mónica García

I'm a straight, white, middle class, middle-aged male. And I use my place of privilege and assumption to speak out and up for those who are not like me.

#BLM #LGBTQ #poverty #socialism #FTP #altruism #listentoWomen #SA #elderabuse #childabuse #immigration #foreigners #socialwelfare #mutualAid

Why #SocialDemocracy Isn't Good Enough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRq3pl17C8M
#politics #democraticsocialism #capitalism #workerrights #socialwelfare

2008, Koch was included in #Businessweek's list of top 50 American givers. Between 2004 and 2008, #Koch gave $246 million, focusing on "#libertarian causes, giving money for #academic and #publicpolicy #research and #socialwelfare."[Yeah right] [49] Koch was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from #GeorgeMasonUniversity in recognition of his financial support "through scholarships, faculty recruitment, and research grants".[50] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Koch#Libertarianism

More generous social welfare spending may help explain why adults live longer on average in some U.S. states than others.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34352496

#NICHDImpact #SocialWelfare #LifeExpectancy #Mortality

#Hello, new platform. I'm doing up a proper #intro / #introduction / #introductions with my tags so I can get amongst it properly. I've come from Twitter, where I did some fun work swearing at #Centrelink and getting hassled by LNP senators after giving evidence at the robodebt inquiry. I'm an unashamed #armchairactivism participant, giving media interviews from the comfort of my couch.

So! I am here for #auspol especially things like #robodebt and other #socialwelfare issues, #auslaw especially #adminlaw etc, #socialhousing #communityhousing #publichousing activism because I'm stuck in a decrepit shithole making my health worse, #publichealth #aushealthcare #Medicare to rant about crippled universal healthcare, #WApolitics because #WALabor is a conservative shitshow atm, #mentalhealth #disability #chronicillness rights and not just for #COVID19 #COVID #longCOVID, #LGBT #queer #gender #trans equity, strictly #intersectional #feminism (I will mercilessly ridicule TERFs and SWERFs), #climatecrisis #climatechange as it disproportionately affects already disadvantaged people, and I will need #cats as a palate cleanser between whingetoots. I'm a staunch #Greens supporter and consider state & federal #Labor to have become class traitors in the global push towards a capitalist dystopia that leaves vulnerable people behind.

Obviously I'm a raging progressive, and I look forward to getting to know more of the same because I like my echo chamber loud xox :blobcatboop:

Im glad to say that I have never installed the #Uber app on any of my phones. I have used the service ONCE in Taipei when a colleague ordered a Uber driver to get from Daan to Raohe nightmarket.

Not only is Uber based on a fake form of #selfemployment that aims to avoid any social-security contributions, thus eroding the income for #socialwelfare.
The way Uber has been lobbying against classic taxis is also highly unethical and yes: criminal in many cases. #corruption #Maudet

The #EuropeanUnion’s single market celebrates its 30th birthday in 2023.

An #economic milestone, it changed lives for businesses and for people right across the continent and is continuing to do so today. https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/12/08/eu-single-market-prepares-to-celebrate-its-30th-birthday #EU #EconomicDevelopment #SocialWelfare #Europe

Hi, all! Emily here for an #intoduction after poking around for a few days. I am a PhD candidate in #socialwelfare (aka #socialwork ). My research and practice interests include #mentalhealth #socialdeterminants #trauma #healthdisparities as well as #equity in #education. Some of my non -research interests include #books (mostly the #fiction kind) #nature and #travel 🌞
Looking forward to building a #community here!

@academicchatter @phdstudents @phdlife

"Already, the [Retirement] Commission’s review found, 40% of the renters in the 65-to-74 age group are paying up to 80% of their pension on housing costs. In the Commission’s view, it is imperative to increase the Accommodation Supplement that was capped at $8,100 nearly 30 years ago, back when this amounted to 10% of the cost of an average house. Times have changed."

#GordonCampbell, 2022

http://werewolf.co.nz/2022/12/gordon-campbell-on-nationals-clueless-stance-on-national-super/

#Aotearoa #NZ #SocialWelfare #retirement

$19mm for this apt, approx $180k a month for prop tax (spare change). Top floor went for $30mm. It’s up to you to support #socialwelfare orgs. shttp://ow.ly/o6no50LTUTc