If properly designed and contextualized, efforts to encourage marriage can be important tools in reducing poverty.
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
FREOPP’s emphasis is on truth, freedom, and the aspirations of struggling Americans
The reform boosted investment, but its effect on wages is murkier.
TCJA increased the Child Tax Credit, expanded 529 savings accounts, and lowered the overall tax rate for many working families.
A Penn LDI and opportunity for health lab virtual seminar explores economic assistance programs
The Beehive State passed an important reform that will help struggling Utahns escape poverty and dependence
Tariffs invariably tax consumers
The poverty of opportunity requires fundamentally changing how policymakers address the needs of poorer Americans