From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): A New York Times article today (Trump Vowed to Protect the Safety Net. What if His Appointees Disagree?) describes how the Trump Administration—through its appointees and policies—will not protect low-income people. Rather, the administration is planning to … Continued
The Council has supported the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) efforts to issue a strong rule to curb predatory payday lending by signing a letter drafted by the Faith and Credit Roundtable and the Center for Responsible Lending. There are increasing efforts … Continued
From Americans for Financial Reform (http://www.ourfinancialsecurity.org): Congressional opponents of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are threatening to block the CFPB’s prepaid card rule – a common sense rule to stop fraud and predatory overdraft charges on prepaid cards and to … Continued
From the Institution on Taxation and Economic Policy (http://www.itep.org/): The myth that tax cuts for the wealthy are self-financing and eventually trickle down to everyone else has continued to be pushed by supply-side economics enthusiasts for more than four decades, … Continued
From the Women’s Law Project (http://www.womenslawproject.org/): Right now, special interests are pushing state legislation that would prohibit Pennsylvania cities and towns from providing workers paid sick leave protections, through what’s called a “pre-emption” bill. Even worse, they edited the proposed … Continued
By: Kate Giammarise Published: January 26, 2017 A case before the state Supreme Court examines how the Legislature enacted a law that cut a cash assistance program for the poorest Pennsylvanians. The lawsuit stretches back to 2012, when the then-Republican-controlled General … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-02-01/budget-policy-and-priorities/groups-launch-pennsylvanias-choice-budget-campaign/a56193-1 February 1, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window A coalition of organizations has launched a “Pennsylvania’s Choice” 2017 budget campaign. (Education Voters of Penn.) HARRISBURG, Pa. – A coalition gathered … Continued
One of the charts in ITEP’s new Fairness Matters chart book ranks the states by the most unequal to the least. Essentially, the inequality index examines whether the gap in families’ shares of income is wider or narrower after state … Continued
Posted at https://kairoscenter.org/land-belongs-to-god How should we understand the ideas of Jubilee and debt-cancellation from Leviticus, Deuteronomy, and the Gospels, and what do they mean for the movement to end poverty today? Last month we held a public event economist Dr. … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2017/january/how-did-pennsylvania-labor-market-perform-2016 Jan 24, 2017 07:28 am | Mark Price Last Friday, The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry released preliminary estimates of December payrolls which show Pennsylvania created 32,000 jobs in the last 12 months. Payroll growth was … Continued