FREOPP’s approach is unapologetically market-oriented, but it is not indifferent to the real, everyday pain families are feeling.
Social Mobility
A core promise of America is the ability of people to rise up from humble beginnings. The challenges faced by lower- and middle-income Americans today are multidisciplinary in nature, and require our renewed focus. Job and wage growth are essential; in particular, Americans need access to more blue-collar work and other jobs that don’t require a college degree. Our employment and welfare policies should encourage work, family formation, and income security. Paid family leave can help strengthen families at their times of need.
All Social Mobility
Not every good idea should be turned into a government program, especially in an age of $40 trillion national debt.
Testimony for the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
These policies are ready today to bring more opportunity to those who need it most.
The sense of community and civic involvement that helped define America has begun to wane and risks being lost altogether.
Family structure remains foundational to student well-being, directly shaping their educational, financial, and life prospects
Their goal isn't to make the poor richer, it's to make the rich poorer.
If policymakers are serious about expanding opportunity, occupational licensing should be near the top of the reform agenda.