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This week on Off the Charts, we focused on the safety net, federal taxes, Social Security, food assistance, and health policy.
A variety of news outlets featured CBPP’s work and experts recently. Here are some highlights:
Beware the Balanced Budget Amendment
U.S. News and World Report
July 25, 2014
Paul Ryan’s poverty plan attacks the wrong problem and comes up with the wrong solution
Washington Post
July 24, 2014
End the Deception on Profits and Taxes
New York Times
July 22, 2014
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- On the safety net, we excerpted Robert Greenstein’s commentary on House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s “Opportunity Grant” proposal and highlighted his discussion of the Ryan poverty plan on MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.” Stacy Dean excerpted a post by Olivia Golden of the Center for Law and Social Policy debunking myths about safety net programs. Arloc Sherman explained that there are fewer poor children in America but more very poor children since the 1996 welfare law. Donna Pavetti pointed out the discrepancy between Chairman Ryan’s rhetoric and the reality of his poverty plan. She also listed three reasons why the 1996 welfare law should not be a model for reforming other safety net programs and four reasons why Ryan’s proposed work requirements are cause for concern. And we rounded up all of our writings to date on the Ryan plan.
- On federal taxes, Chuck Marr applauded Chairman Ryan’s call for an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit while noting two serious flaws in his plan. He also pointed out the contradiction between Ryan’s new poverty plan and House Republicans’ vote to permanently change the Child Tax Credit in ways that will increase poverty. Chye-Ching Huang excerpted her New York Times piece calling on Congress to address the growing number of corporate tax inversions. Arloc Sherman excerpted his commentary on issues related to marginal tax rates and government benefits. Michael Mazerov urged Congress not to extend the ban on state and local sales taxation of Internet access fees unless pairing with legislation enabling states and localities to collect sales taxes on purchases from out-of-state Internet and catalog sellers.
- On Social Security, Kathy Ruffing previewed Monday’s 2014 Social Security trustees’ report. Paul Van de Water highlighted our new chart book on Social Security Disability Insurance.
- On food assistance, we excerpted Stacy Dean’s testimony before a House Agriculture subcommittee on SNAP (food stamps) as a successful and influential part of the safety net.
- On health policy, Edwin Park explained what the recent conflicting court rulings on federal marketplace subsidies mean for health reform.
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