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America’s safety net is meant to help families get back on their feet. But too often, it does the opposite by discouraging work and earnings due to benefit cliffs.
On this episode of Defending Ideas, host Nic Dunn sits down with U.S. Senator from Ohio, John Husted, and U.S. Representative from Utah, Blake Moore, to discuss their new legislation: The Upward Mobility Act.
This new bipartisan proposal would allow a group of states to pilot innovative reforms that combine multiple anti‑poverty programs and gradually phase out benefits as earnings increase. The goal: help families transition from government assistance to work‑based self‑reliance without falling off a financial cliff.
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