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Will Trump Choose Work over Welfare?

matter as much as presidential pronouncements. If the President and his team are serious about promoting work, they should look no further for guidance than one of the swing states…

Book

A Safety Net That Works: Improving Federal Programs for Low-Income Americans

…families’ incomes above the poverty line. Better measures of poverty show that we have made progress in reducing material hardship, and experts from the left and right agree that the…

Blog Post

Ryan’s Anti-Poverty Plan an Excellent Start

…winter, where Ryan’s staff was encouraged by the members to abandon the traditional format of having outside experts selected by the leadership lecture at members. Instead, the entire conference engaged…

Testimony

Work and Family: The Keys to Reducing Poverty

…produced by Bruce Meyer and James Sullivan, indicate that government programs substantially improve material well-being, especially for those who work.[2] In 2013, the poverty rate for female-headed families with children would…