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2013 Legislature: Testimony in favor of SB 53 — intergenerational welfare reform

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

Tweet Testimony given by Stan Rasmussen Tuesday in support of Sen. Stuart Reid’s Intergenerational Welfare Reform (SB 53, 2013) before the House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee: Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair, and good afternoon, Madam Chair and Representatives. … Continue reading →

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Intergenerational poverty, taxation and the Scrooge response

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

Tweet Earlier this week I spoke at an important conference on intergenerational poverty in Salt Lake City. Karen Crompton of Voices for Utah Children and State Senator Stuart Reid organized the conference and invited my participation as a follow-up to … Continue reading →

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Capitol Daily Memo: measure to track poverty trends moves forward

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

Tweet   The effort to give a “hand up, not a hand out” to Utah families stuck in poverty for several consecutive generations took another step forward today as SB 37 passed unanimously out of the House Workforce Services and … Continue reading →

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Capitol Daily Video: intergenerational poverty

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

Tweet   Today’s video update is about SB 37, a bill sponsored by Senator Stuart Reid (R-Davis), which would require the state to track data related to intergenerational poverty. We interviewed Senator Reid and Sutherland policy analyst Matt Piccolo to … Continue reading →

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Defining necessity

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

Tweet   I have seen an image going around Facebook that will make you think twice about your holiday spending. It juxtaposes a photo of obviously starving children, holding out their hands, with a photo of harried shoppers with arms … Continue reading →

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Costs of Dependency

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

Tweet   Like the poor, the debate over what to do about poverty we will always have with us. Recently, unsustainable federal budget deficits have reawakened the controversy because it now seems clear that (since payments to individuals make up … Continue reading →

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Stepping up as conservatives to help Utahns in need

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

Tweet   While I was waiting for a flight out of Salt Lake City, a young man, waiting for the same flight, sat down next to me and initiated a conversation. I soon found out that “Theo” was headed to … Continue reading →

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