#TANF

Kyle Pomerleau

kpomerleau

Redoing thread to fix a spelling error:Romney's proposal does, however, change the tax code in ways that raise and lower marginal rates for different people.The overall effect on work incentives

Lisa A. Gennetian

Gen_Pov

Dear #poverty scholars, it is time for a reckoning. It is long overdue. #Discrimination, #structuralinequality & the lived experiences of the poor is not a tangent, it is core to

Openly Black Mikki Kendall

Karnythia

We do know that student loan forgiveness benefits skilled trade workers too right? A lot of working class people have student loan debt so...please stop ignoring their needs to insist

Sen. Martín Quezada

SenQuezada29

In the Governor's #StateOfTheState re: #COVID19 and not wanting anymore lockdowns, he stated "[F]or many families 'lockdown' doesn’t spell inconvenience; it spells catastrophe… zero income, inability to make a payment,

Nani 🇬🇭

lenubienne

The "Unhealthy, EBT-wielding Welfare Queen" trope must die. A thread. I've been a state-certified social worker since October 2001, and I have personally helped 1,000s of clients obtain SNAP, TANF,

𝚂𝚌𝚘𝚝𝚝 𝚆𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙

swinshi

The reason that antipoverty policy is (or should be) harder than "just give people money" is that we *all* think there are some behavioral effects. You can't argue that child

Dr. Mai Nguyen

mai_nguyen_phd

Hey prospective grad students: as you head to interviews (congrats and good luck!) be sure to ask grad students in the program about $$! And seriously consider if the grad

Jason Furman

jasonfurman

A few thoughts on the recovery plan that President-elect Biden is announcing tonight.THREAD: It is *very* large. Together with the December legislation it would be around $2.8T, which is about

master associate bachelor

KillaCali27

I am in Kansas. That house across the street is in Missouri.And I wanna tell you how dual-or multi-state metros really become a mess of policy. I'd love to hear

Drug Policy Alliance

DrugPolicyOrg

As we celebrate recent drug policy reform victories, we know that the drug war is far from over. One of the drug war’s biggest targets? Women. Let’s take a closer

Meghan Mangrum

memangrum

I'm in Tennesse's Senate Education Committee session with @bystellayu_tnsn where @TNedu Commissioner Penny Schwinn is currently addressing lawmakers.Follow along for updates and highlights! Schwinn immediately addresses literacy and

Danilo Leandro Trisi

TrisiDanilo

If you’re interested in long-term poverty trends by race & ethnicity, check out our new paper.Govt policies reduced poverty substantially over the last 5 decades, but more needs to be

Liz Ananat

LizAnanat

NEW RESEARCH THREAD Congress is considering new legislation to help Americans still struggling during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. My recent survey w/@agpines of our sample of hourly service workers with

Sean O'Leary

OLearySW

Advocates for eliminating WV's income tax seem to be a little hesitant to explain how it would be paid for, so I took a crack at it.https://wvpolicy.org/how-do-you-pay-for-a-2-1-billion-tax-cut/ The income tax

Austerity is Murder🌹

sdgrumbine

Did you know that one of the ways our government prevents massive recessions, or mitigates them is with automatic stabilizers?Thread 1/x #COVID19 Automatic Stabilizers are cash injections into the economy

Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

After yesterday's excitement around Romney's child allowance plan, I had a hard time sleeping, tormented by dreams of income and distribution tables yet-to-be-calculated.So I woke up at the crack 'o

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