Congress should empower states to fix benefit cliffs

A U.S. Senate committee recently discussed a decades-old federal policy trap that punishes poor families for getting a raise: social safety net-benefit cliffs. These cliffs hamper upward mobility and harm small businesses dealing with workforce challenges. To fix this, Congress… A U.S. Senate committee recently discussed a decades-old federal policy trap that punishes poor families for getting a raise: social safety net-benefit cliffs. These cliffs hamper upward mobility and harm small businesses dealing with workforce challenges. To fix this, Congress…