How are states trying to tackle benefit cliffs? In this episode of Defending Ideas, Josh Bandoch of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP) discusses his new report looking into what states are doing to…
Congress should empower states to fix benefit cliffs Written by Originally published in The Hill. A U.S. Senate committee recently discussed a decades-old federal policy trap that punishes poor families for getting a raise:…
Originally published in The Hill. A U.S. Senate committee recently discussed a decades-old federal policy trap that punishes poor families for getting a raise: social safety net-benefit cliffs. These cliffs hamper upward…
Dear Rusty: My wife passed away in September 2025 at age 64. We had been married for 43 years and started collecting benefits when I turned 62 and she was 63. She did not have enough work credits to claim her own SS and thus…
New Hampshire’s unique state tax structure is hard to understand, especially for people who don’t own a business. More than a third (36%) of the state General Fund and Education Trust Fund revenue comes from business taxes.…
The debate over public school open enrollment is over. How do we know? Opponents have conceded the main point: Open enrollment benefits students. Senate Bill 101, arguably the most important bill of the 2026 legislative…
America’s social welfare system is intended to provide needed, temporary stabilization to families striving to escape poverty, while helping them move back into stable employment and self-reliance. But for far too many…
The Upward Mobility Act: A state solutions framework for benefit cliffs Written by America’s social welfare system is intended to provide needed, temporary stabilization to families striving to escape poverty, while helping…
Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders could not name a single benefit from the Democrats’ partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) during a Tuesday interview.The Democrats have kept the DHS shutdown…
Introduction There are many opportunities for North Carolina lawmakers to help lower the cost of health insurance. One way is to re-examine the 57 health benefit mandates that state officials have passed into law since the…
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