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August 3, 2023
Another Pandemic Legacy: Removing the EITC’s Work and Earnings Requirement
…growing support for work, some liberal policymakers are now proposing to pay EITC checks even for years when adults don’t work, fundamentally altering the nature of this pro-work program. Total…
July 26, 2023
How Worker Benefits Turn into Welfare
…paid during the pandemic, whose costs were added to the deficit instead of being funded by state and federal payroll taxes. With temporary pandemic programs now expired, liberal policymakers propose…
July 25, 2023
Not Just Tulsa
…L. Franklin preached—and his daughter Aretha sang—at the New Bethel Baptist Church before it was torn down. Owner-occupancy of small two- and three-family homes was common. Public housing by its…
July 17, 2023
The Latest Extraordinary Findings on Pandemic Improper Payments
A recently released US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report benignly titled “A Framework for Managing Improper Payments in Emergency Assistance Programs” serves as a forward-looking guide for policymakers responding to future emergencies….
July 17, 2023
Testimony: The Child Tax Credit: 25 Years Later
…the positive design features that have made the EITC (and by extension the CTC) one of the most effective anti-poverty policies we have. Policymakers should consider the potential negative implications…
July 12, 2023
Employment in SNAP: Setting the Record Straight
…in the QC data, policymakers are rightfully concerned that so few are employed while receiving benefits, especially when the economy is strong and employers are struggling to find workers. There…
July 10, 2023
Reforming the EITC to Reduce Single Parenthood and Ease Work-Family Balance
…should torment policymakers today. One way that policy can potentially reverse this trend is by addressing the ways that our safety net has weakened marital childbearing and childrearing. But we…
June 27, 2023
House Republican Plan Penalizes Marriage
…than 50 percent national caseload decline following the 1996 reforms, meant that within a few years the average state had effectively no work requirement. So lawmakers included a simple update to the caseload reduction credit in the 2006 Deficit…
June 23, 2023
SNAP Can Improve Nutrition, Help Farmers, and Support the Environment
…poor health. Policies around agriculture subsidies in the U.S. are complex with many competing interests, but lawmakers must consider the broader impact of farm subsidies on health and the ultimate…
June 16, 2023
The Missing Context Behind “Cuts” in Fast-Growing Welfare Programs
…Bill, lawmakers should recognize that the debt limit negotiations lacked important context. While the debate often focused on comparatively modest reductions in benefit receipt, it totally ignored significant and ongoing…