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November 30, 2023
Evaluating the Success of the War on Poverty Since 1963 Using an Absolute Full-Income Poverty Measure
…relative poverty reductions have been modest. Additionally, government dependence increased over this time, with the share of working-age adults receiving under half their income from market sources more than doubling….
November 30, 2023
A Valuable New Perspective on America’s War on Poverty
…three key conditions: Firstly, its poverty rate in 1963 should align with the approximately 20 percent level Johnson identified, serving as a benchmark. Secondly, the 1963 poverty thresholds (poverty line)…
November 30, 2023
Evaluating the Success of the War on Poverty since 1963 Using an Absolute Full-Income Poverty Measure
…modest. Additionally, government dependence increased over this time, with the share of working-age adults receiving under half their income from market sources more than doubling. Read the full paper here….
November 21, 2023
Defining Poverty Up
…poverty in America. First, the SPM raises the national poverty guideline (often called the poverty line, which marks the income level where poverty ends) well above the level used by…
November 13, 2023
How The IRS Discourages Boomer Charity
…greater rate, falling 6.4%, or 13.4% inflation-adjusted. There are a wide range of explanations for the drop, including a rocky stock market and the ongoing effects of the Tax Cuts…
October 25, 2023
Dispelling Myths About The Child Tax Credit
…their income and thus reduced child poverty. But the massive deficit spending in the ARP and other trillion-dollar bills also contributed to higher inflation , which disproportionately hurts lower-income families . Economist Mark Zandi found the…
October 12, 2023
The GOP Should Be the Party of Parents
…focusing them on a coherent constituency that can be approached from different angles. Conservatives inclined to arguments for market competition could focus, as they long have, on educational choice; opportunities…
October 12, 2023
Now the Administration Is Legislating on Welfare, Too
…“executive action” on student loans, energy regulation, and more, the new TANF regulation offers another example of this administration willfully treading on Congress’ legislative turf. The creation of TANF marked the first…
October 12, 2023
Blue States Are Getting More Federal Money Than They Should
…least through its role as a financial center, in the development of the markets of the South and West. But, more recently, the Empire State is not even nominally a…
October 11, 2023
CHANGING THE OFFICIAL POVERTY MEASURE WOULD HELP RICH STATES AND HURT POOR STATES
…Education Grants; the Individuals with Disabilities Act; the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children; the Community Development Block Grant; and the New Markets Tax Credit. If the…