Senator Ron Wyden Wants Children’s Savings Accounts
鈥淚 want a tax code in America where everybody has a chance to get ahead, especially those don鈥檛 have much of a chance.”
鈥淚 want a tax code in America where everybody has a chance to get ahead, especially those don鈥檛 have much of a chance.”
One of Obama鈥檚 SOTU proposals seemed to embrace a modern understanding of why assets matter for the 鈥渇ight鈥 against inequality and poverty.
The first of a series of events focusing on ways that civic innovation changes how people relate to one another and to government.
44 percent of American households live in liquid asset poverty鈥攖hat鈥檚 the key takeaway from CFED鈥檚 2014 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard.
“Opportunity is who we are. And the defining project of our generation is to restore that promise.”
No, not who, what. But it’s still a valid question.
The final bill will be a blow to low-income families, cutting over $8 billion from the program.
Tax policy is making up a greater share of anti-poverty programs compared to direct spending programs.
Aspiring homeowners in the U.S. need meaningful attention to the dynamics of the housing and mortgage market that reinforce inequality.
Low wages remain a problem not just throughout the nation but across the developed world.