Judge Posner's scheme of compulsory medical insurance for the nonpoor is typical of the paternalism (shouldn't we just call it socialism?) that economists of the Chicago school pretend to oppose. From Wordnik.com. [Becker and Posner vs. Medicare, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
But nonelderly, nonpoor Americans are on their own. From Wordnik.com. [The Health Care Crisis and What to Do About It] Reference
Today there is a breathtaking difference in the rates of out-of-wedlock birth among the poor and the nonpoor. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Remarks At Yale Alumni Luncheon] Reference
This phenomenon has occurred even as welfare benefits have lost value, and among the nonpoor as well as the poor. From Wordnik.com. [The Next Liberalism] Reference
Officials can bring in nonpoor residents only as vacancies occur, so changing the income "" mix '' will take years. From Wordnik.com. [Blend It, Don't End It] Reference
Were Medicare abolished, the nonpoor would finance health care in their old age by buying health insurance when they were young. From Wordnik.com. [Becker and Posner vs. Medicare, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
It is common, among the nonpoor, to think of poverty as a sustainable condition-austere, perhaps, but they get by somehow, don't they?. From Wordnik.com. [Nickel and Dimed]
Under Mr. Obama, it is likely that that system will be expanded and that new government insurance for the nonelderly, nonpoor will be created. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Will Ration Your Health Care] Reference
The nonpoor single-mother households rose by 28.5 percent between 1994 and 2004, while those in poverty fell by only 8.6 percent or 327,000 households. From Wordnik.com. ['What Happened to Welfare?'] Reference
Hence, the improvement for the population of single mothers that Jencks reports results from decisions by nonpoor women to have children without a partner. From Wordnik.com. ['What Happened to Welfare?'] Reference
What is harder for the nonpoor to see is poverty as acute distress: The lunch that consists of Doritos or hot dog rolls, leading to faintness before the end of the shift. From Wordnik.com. [Nickel and Dimed]
Do you know at the end of World War II, there was no difference in divorce rates and out-of-wedlock birth rates among the poor and the nonpoor in America -- absolutely none. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Remarks At Yale Alumni Luncheon] Reference
Stark, Raving Mad The House yesterday sustained President Bush's veto of a measure that would expand a health-care program for "poor children" to include adults and nonpoor children. From Wordnik.com. [From the WSJ Opinion Archives] Reference
When I teach this issue in Property class, one suggestion I sometimes throw out to people who raise the exploitation issue is the possibility of limiting organ markets to nonpoor sellers. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Exploitation” of the Poor is a Poor Reason to Ban Organ Markets:] Reference
The nonpoor could be required to purchase health insurance in order to prevent them from free riding on family or charitable institutions in the event they needed a medical treatment that they could not afford to pay for. From Wordnik.com. [Becker and Posner vs. Medicare, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Indeed, legalizing organ markets only for nonpoor sellers might actually reduce sales by the poor relative to the status quo, since it would wipe out much of the demand for black market organs which are usually sold by poor people. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Exploitation” of the Poor is a Poor Reason to Ban Organ Markets:] Reference
As a means of raising people from poverty or near poverty, the minimum wage is inferior to the Earned Income Tax Credit, which compensates for low wages without interfering with the labor market or conferring windfalls on the nonpoor. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Sugar Taxpayer Ripoff Blues | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
The same survey data show, as June and Paul O'Neill note in a paper published in 2007 in the Forum for Health Economics & Policy, that the poor under socialized medicine seem to be less healthy relative to the nonpoor than their American counterparts. From Wordnik.com. [Canada's ObamaCare Precedent] Reference
The introduction of Medicaid and Medicare in the United States during the 1960s soon led to the poor making as many physician visits per year as the nonpoor, but large class differentials in health remained—even when the poor began to visit physicians at a higher rate than the nonpoor. From Wordnik.com. [Strong Mind, Strong Body: IQ and Health, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Okay, but once again, what about the big differences nonpoor white and nonpoor black kids on the NAEP?. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Sailer's iSteve Blog] Reference
Children living below the poverty threshold are 1.3 times as likely as nonpoor children to experience learning disabilities and developmental delays. From Wordnik.com. [Tyee - Home] Reference
Although math achievement among poor students has improved in every state, test scores for nonpoor students have improved faster for nearly half the nation. From Wordnik.com. [Education Week American Education News Site of Record] Reference
No, most people - and that includes the nonpoor - are unwilling to work hard and delay gratification for ten years if they have at best a 40% of moving up to the next rung. From Wordnik.com. [Center for American Progress Action Fund] Reference
For instance, while 4 percent of individuals in nonpoor families at birth go on to spend at least half their early adult years in poverty, the share jumps to 21 percent for individuals born poor. From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
Finally, even if all these points are unpersuasive, the exploitation argument still can’t justify banning organ sales by the nonpoor aswell. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Exploitation” of the Poor is a Poor Reason to Ban Organ Markets:] Reference
Moreover, poor people tend not to vote; and the number of nonpoor who’d be directly benefited by an increase in the minimum wage, when combined with the number of nonpoor workers whose incomes would rise because of reduced competition from minimum-wage workers, probably exceeds the number of nonpoor who would lose jobs. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Sugar Taxpayer Ripoff Blues | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
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