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August 30, 2021
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More than half a century after the passage of the Great Society's expansions of government aid to the poor, racial gaps in poverty and opportunity remain a cause for national concern. In a new report, AEI's Scott Winship and coauthors find that while three-generation poverty occurs among only one in 100 White Americans, it is experienced by one in five Black adults. The persistence of this gap suggests that though efforts to increase mobility and break cycles of poverty have achieved some success, the work is far from complete.
Twenty-five years after welfare reform, the material circumstances of the most disadvantaged single mothers have noticeably improved — and at a faster rate than for those in comparison groups.
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James Pethokoukis | AEIdeas
It’s hard to avoid the fundamental mismatch between the left’s spending dreams and the economics of taxation.