How would a pro-opportunity approach differ from an anti-anti-opportunity approach with regard to work?
Social Mobility
The American Dream is about the ability to pursue happiness and better oneself and others. If people work hard, they should be able to climb the economic and social ladder. That’s why America earned the moniker the “Land of Opportunity.”
As more people begin to lose faith in the American Dream, policy leaders must get to work on solutions that restore social mobility, especially to those who need it most.
Low-income Americans find themselves ensnared in the safety net, stranded by benefits cliffs. Structural flaws keep them from getting ahead and becoming independent. Our nation’s welfare policies should encourage work and family formation. Every American should experience dignity in work and the power of creating value for others.
All Social Mobility
Joshua Bandoch on new ways to prevent public assistance from discouraging achievement. Originally published on Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
They discuss FREOPP’s recent publication "Affording the American Dream" and how to make a prosperous life more attainable for every American family.
America has an affordability crisis and too many of the proposed solutions treat the symptoms while ignoring the disease entirely.
Josh Bandoch and host Nic Dunn explore what’s missing from the national debate over welfare reform and why a successful safety net should be more than a way to prevent hardship.
After decades of federal inaction on reforming America’s broken social welfare system, it’s time for states to address a pernicious structural flaw in that system that destroys opportunity: benefit cliffs.
There is a miasma of hopelessness and despair that hangs over many rural communities.
The right has an opening to show how market-driven abundance is the best solution.