Work Disincentives Hit the Near-Poor Hardest. Better Cash Assistance Could Help.
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17 min readMay 9, 2022
In many ways, America’s social safety net falls short of those of our liberal democratic peers, yet we have no shortage of policies intended to provide social protections. We have programs at all levels of government that offer help with family income security, child care, nutrition, health care, housing, education, unemployment, disability, and other…