Bryan Mathew, Center for Local Governance, testimony before the House Committee on Transportation
Economy
Empowerment Accounts: Less Poverty And More Self-Sufficiency
Current safety-net programs too often discourage recipients from achieving long-term self-sufficiency, but a new holistic approach called empowerment accounts would help recipients achieve this with existing resources. Key points Government safety-net programs too often encourage work-capable recipients to remain dependent upon them, harming the very people they are supposed to help. Previous policy solutions to...
September 1, 2022