That means investing in training, income support and the like.
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We've got a randomized controlled trial of the income support program.
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The credit happens to be an income-support program with bipartisan backing.
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The Italian budget promises to lower the retirement age and introduce income support.
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Does my income support reliably paying my credit balance off, in full, each month?
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Some offered amendments to completely end any federal income support for low-income Americans.
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Its complex restrictions on sugar imports will remain, however, as will its income support for farmers.
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Just 20% think they'd get enough income support in case of illness, disability or old age.
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At a micro level, unemployment insurance provides temporary income support for workers who lose their jobs.
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The coalition's largesse, notably income support for the poor and unemployed, was intended to provide a boost.
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The study found this was essential for income support and social integration immediately after release from prison.
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Governments could provide income support through adjustments to welfare and labor market programs, such as unemployment insurance.
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"There is a need for providing structured income support to the poor landholder farmer families," he added.
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The Danes have also emphasized lifelong learning, giving workers income support as they transition between jobs and circumstances.
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The U.S. government is going to have to provide "direct income support on a vast scale," he said.
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That was higher than a previous estimate, and Modi's government argued it needed to provide farmers with income support.
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I recommend that the next phase of fiscal actions should: Provide income support to a wide array of households.
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Additionally, we must provide urgent income support, especially unemployment compensation and help for the indigent and low-income families.
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Just 25% believe their government would give them enough income support if they lost their job or became a parent.
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But where these analyses agree is that SNAP has become a primary income support to poor individuals and especially families.
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Most other developed countries, including the UK, France, and Germany, have similar income support systems with eligibility requirements of varying strictness.
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"A tightened global crop supply demand balance and positive momentum in farmer net income support double-digit large equipment growth through 2020."
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A tightened global crop supply demand balance and positive momentum in farmer net income support double-digit large equipment growth through 183.
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Pregnant women and new mothers are exempt, as well as people on Income Support, people over 60, and a few other groups.
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Social Security provides crucial income support every year for tens of millions of beneficiaries including retirees, surviving spouses, dependents and the disabled.
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And government transfers, whether in the form of income support for families or public health insurance, have a critical role to play.
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Third, farmers already enjoy subsidized price and revenue protection through government price and income support programs that average almost $2628 billion annually.
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In addition, it will reduce charges for hospital tests and increases income support for poorer families with children, government officials have said.
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Its environmentalist ideas on energy and its flagship policy of universal income support for the poor may be more attractive to the left.
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The government also allocated 13 billion rupees per year for farmer income while approving direct income support for farmers with small land holdings.
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But it's actually about half that, because we're spending $1.5 trillion-plus every year on an assortment of welfare and income support programs.
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For the millions struggling in our country, entrepreneurship represents an opportunity to generate income, support a family, and climb up the economic ladder.
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States began diverting TANF funds to plug budget holes, leaving just one in every four TANF dollars for income support to struggling families.
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In 1972, George McGovern challenged Nixon for reelection not by attacking his income support policies but by proposing a more generous basic income.
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Lawmakers argued on a bipartisan basis for this sort of income support, passing a landmark stimulus bill meant to help the unemployed Friday.
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It's true that whether there is universal health care and income support for basic nutrition changes the damages of toxic chemicals for individuals.
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Five-Star's policies include the introduction of universal income support for the poor, rewriting European Union public spending limits, and phasing out fossil fuels.
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A better way to spur employment would be to boost public spending — on infrastructure or other public investments, or increases in income support programs.
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Infrastructure spending has been cut, and the introduction of an income support benefit for the hard-up has been put off until April 1st.
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"Overall poverty rates (and gaps) can in fact increase significantly in countries that currently have tightly targeted systems of income support," the report said.
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You could eliminate spending on foreign affairs, veterans, and income support for the poor and still not have enough to fund the tax cuts.
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That plan would be totally affordable for the US with relatively small tax increases, especially if we replaced other income support programs for children.
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An early retirement option and a "citizens' wage" income support scheme have been allocated around 17 billion euros ($19.36 billion) next year in the budget.
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Its policies include the introduction of universal income support for the poor, boosting green energy and increasing the budget deficit to fund investments in infrastructure.
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It will be means tested and will now more closely resemble income-support schemes offered across the EU, though it will rank among the more generous.
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The President-elect has also pledged not to reform America's entitlements system of Social Security (pensions and income support) and Medicare (health care for the elderly).
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In the February budget, the BJP announced that farmers who own up to 5 acres of land will receive 6,000 rupees in income support each year.
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Higher growth and inflation keep investors wary of fixed income, support consumption by eroding household debt in real terms and increase corporate pricing power and margins.
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The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a refundable tax credit that provides income support to the working poor and encourages participation in the labor market.
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Its policies include holding a referendum on membership of the euro zone, universal income support for the poor, tax cuts for small businesses, and clean energy.
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He reiterated that the government was committed to pushing ahead with electoral promises to bring forward the retirement age and introduce an ambitious income support scheme.
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It gave states a fixed pool of money for income support and work programs along with considerable leeway about how — or even whether — to spend it.
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He gave cautious approval to both 21996-Star's flagship policy of universal income support for the poor, and the League's hallmark pledge of steep tax cuts.
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Private economists and the rating agencies, though, warned that Congress's proposed income support scheme, if carried out without replacing current welfare programs, could widen the deficit further.
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The Indian National Congress revealed details in its election manifesto about a minimum income support program designed to help the country's poorest households — the bottom 21 percent.
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The deal allowed the government to forge ahead with its flagship programs — income support and earlier retirements — but the sums dedicated to these measures were scaled back.
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That means a stimulus package aimed at workers needs to address sick leave, income support and supplemental benefits as well as the needs of the newly unemployed.
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Tazra Mitchell is a senior policy analyst and LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D. is vice president for Family Income Support Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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The spirit of UBI is even worth keeping in mind as Congress and state legislatures perennially think about how to tweak various existing low-income support programs.
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To head off those attacks, Trump could have promised to tax the wealthy in other, comparable ways, or propose income support measures for the poor and working class.
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I think if it's done right — meaning it provides an adequate income for everyone who needs it — then sure, it can be a really good income support program.
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Only one state, Massachusetts, provides any income support for people in quarantine, a grand total of $28500 for every working day, pursuant to a law enacted in 6900.
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Italy is due to introduce a "citizens' wage" in April in a major overhaul of the welfare state, which will offer income support to the unemployed and poor.
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Italy is planning to introduce a "citizens' wage" in April in a major overhaul of the welfare state, which will offer income support to the unemployed and poor.
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But despite income support for those on low incomes, they have little chance of doing better than their parents, according to a study last year by France Strategie www.strategie.gouv.
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Pakistan's Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), which offers cash transfers to the neediest women, seemed a good way to do that, but making it work has not been straightforward.
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Those rehoused, Mr Zhao thinks, end up with a new house, no savings, no job and 600 yuan a year of income support—not nearly enough to live on.
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The bill — the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act — expands unemployment insurance, a program enacted in 1935 to provide temporary income support for workers who lose their jobs.
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Ministers have said some of the savings will come from costly flagship reforms: an income support scheme known as the "citizens wage", and a lowering of the retirement age.
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It's basically glorified career counseling: Brooking recommends policymakers automatically enroll displaced workers in counseling, combined with job training programs, and, ideally, more robust income support (which, admittedly, would be good).
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The researchers are calling on the government to start reporting poverty rates on reserves and in territories, improve direct income support, improve employment prospects, and begin implementing longer-term solutions.
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The government has already pushed its budget deficit back above the 3% of GDP Maastricht limit this year, partly because of income-support measures designed to calm the gilets jaunes.
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If the economic environment stays stable for India, then there may be some short-term room for the government to spend on its income support program, according to Nomura's Varma.
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"Fearing an impending loss in the election, the government wants to bandage this crisis situation by giving interest-free loans and income-support schemes," said Gourav Vallabh, a Congress spokesman.
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The largest by far, as CBO explained, is an "income effect," by which health insurance subsidies provide people enough income support to unlock them from jobs they no longer want.
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Anxious not to be blamed by voters for the new downturn, coalition parties hope their big-spending 2019 budget, which includes a new income support scheme, will lift the economy.
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The measure, part of the bill unveiled Tuesday, would beef up the nation's unemployment insurance program, a state-administered program that provides temporary income support for out-of-work Americans.
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One heavily Hasidic district of Brooklyn, South Williamsburg, has, over the last decade, shown dramatic increases in using public income support such as cash assistance, Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid.
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These include universal income support for the poor, tougher penalties on white collar crime and tax evasion, closing down or privatizing many publicly owned companies and cutting taxes for small businesses.
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It already has only a modest membership although it has won millions of votes at the polls with promises to clean up politics and offer universal income support for the poor.
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The government will revise its budget plans by next week, and may be able to save four billion euros from its pension and income support programme, cabinet undersecretary Giancarlo Giorgetti said.
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She has been taking care of him full time, relying on a so-called caregiver's allowance, which amounts to about $85 a week, and income support reaching about $145 a month.
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The two ruling parties, the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the far-right League, in January approved income support payments for the poor and measures to allow people to retire earlier.
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The new farm bill reauthorizes key safety-nets for agricultural producers, including federal crop insurance and farm commodity programs that provide a floor price and income support for covered commodities and farmers.
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Its policies include universal income support for the poor, tougher penalties on white collar crime and tax evasion, closing down or privatizing many publicly owned companies and cutting taxes for small businesses.
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The budget, which was watered after European Commission objections it would not lower Italy's high public debt, features a new income support scheme for the poor and allows people to retire earlier.
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Asked to name three priorities that would mark his leadership of the party, Di Maio listed universal income support for the poor, cutting wasteful public spending and increasing forms of direct democracy.
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Yet here in the United States, though we have a patchwork of programs, the lowest-income children often get no income support, while children in wealthy families benefit from generous tax deductions.
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The budget, which was watered down after European Commission objections it would not lower Italy's high public debt, features a new income support scheme for the poor and allows people to retire earlier.
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The budget, which was watered down after European Commission said it would not lower Italy's high public debt, features a new income support scheme for the poor and allows people to retire earlier.
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To the extent that some US workers are hit hard by trade, income support from the federal government and support for retraining are vastly better answers than breaking apart the international trading system.
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While tax cuts are partly responsible, Goldman stated that "projected increases in mandatory spending—this includes Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and income support programs—are primarily responsible" for an unsustainable surge in spending.
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Indeed, what's happened instead is that in these communities, people end up tapping into benefits set up to support economically struggling families — unemployment insurance, disability benefits, income support, and medical benefits like Medicaid.
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The coalition that took office last month says it will work to change Europe's fiscal rules to allow it to spend more on public investments, cut taxes and provide income support for the poor.
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He said his government planned a massive upgrade of its physical and digital infrastructure, and played up a newly unveiled income-support program, saying it would help lift 5 million Italians out of poverty.
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On one level were the contributory social insurance programs that provided income support to the surviving dependents of workers in the event of their death or incapacitation and Social Security for retired older Americans.
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With one eye on that contest, his government announced that as many as 120 million farmers would receive $85 annually as income support -- a measure that will cost the government more than $10 billion.
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That includes an income support program for farmers that pay 2,000 rupees per family every four months, and other measures such as farm insurance, and health and pension schemes, according to DBS Group's Rao.
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These include universal income support for the poor, tougher penalties on white collar crime and tax evasion, building more prisons, closing down or privatising many publicly owned companies and cutting taxes for small businesses.
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"The U.S. is the only country in the OECD that doesn't provide income support during maternity and paternity leave," she said, referring to developed countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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ROME, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Italy's government will delay its decree law to introduce income support for the poor and to lower the retirement age to "at least" next week, two government sources said on Thursday.
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The government forecasts growth will accelerate to 1.5 percent next year thanks to increased investment, tax cuts and a new income support scheme, known as the "citizens' wage", which it says can boost consumer spending.
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It will need medical research in spades, and we'll need income support for households and businesses as they struggle to adapt to a new world of doing things in less efficient, more socially distant ways.
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It might also help the governments of countries with ageing populations manage demographic change, by encouraging older workers to stay working for longer, and by balancing the fiscal burden of government income support across people's lives.
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It has done so by insisting that it will go ahead with the introduction of a basic income support and the reduction of taxes even though those measures might cause the country's budget deficit to balloon.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy will present new budget numbers by next week, paring back spending plans on promised pension reform and income support in the hope of overcoming EU opposition, a senior government figure said on Wednesday.
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Under the new rule, immigration officers will also determine an applicant's likelihood of relying on the government for income support based on a broader set of factors, like their age, income, assets, education, and family size.
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On Tuesday, he said direct income support for people who do not qualify for unemployment benefits and money for businesses that keep people on the payroll even if they stay home are among the possible measures.
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He acknowledged this would be a drawn-out procedure and, while not backtracking on the euro referendum, he said 5-Star's "first priority" was to introduce income support for some 9 million Italians threatened by poverty.
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The Treasury has not yet fully estimated the cost or finalised plans for the government's flagship projects — including bringing forward the retirement age and introducing an income support plan for the nation's army of poor and unemployed.
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Work on a case may require that the TPP clinician interact with an array of community providers, such as local housing authorities, property managers, and income-support and legal services, in the development of a service plan.
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The 5-Star party's strong anti-corruption message and its promise of universal income support for the poor strike a chord among millions in southern Italy, where political graft and organised crime are endemic, and work is scarce.
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Italy's ruling parties, the rightist League and anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, insist that any deal must not prevent the launch next year of their two flagship reforms — income support for the poor and a lower retirement age.
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The 5-Star hopes the political winds are now blowing in its favor and that voters are ready to embrace its manifesto, which focuses on fighting graft, promoting green energy and offering universal income support for the poor.
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"Key measures that could be included in the BJP's farm package include income support measures and interest relief for crop loans for small farmers to help mitigate the impact of rural debt distress in many states," Biswas added.
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Childcare remains the biggest obstacle stopping women from fully participating in the labor force, they added, and the United States is the only OECD country that does not provide income support during maternity or parental leave by law.
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The government says it will introduce an income support program next year to tackle growing poverty, and reduce the retirement age in an effort to free up the labor market and generate more job opportunities for the young.
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More to the point, most countries, as noted above, have income support schemes that are at least somewhat similar to a basic income, and when the idea is framed in more familiar terms it ceases to seem so radical.
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These decisions dictated by realpolitik have put 5-Star on the defensive and made it determined not to cede ground in other battles - most notably over its flagship policy, the so-called "citizen's wage", an income support plan for the poor.
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Among the main measures in Italy's budget are a reduction in the retirement age and a new income support scheme for the poor, known as the "citizens' wage" which together will cost state coffers around 16 billion euros ($18.22 billion).
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As TANF turns 22, we urge progressives and Democrats to reconceive income support for poor families on terms that advance the justice needs of single mothers, especially single mothers of color, whose families are disproportionately represented among those who need aid.
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The last government enacted several measures it had promised, such as an income-support benefit for the poorest, legislation to limit short-term employment contracts and the closure of a loophole through which many convicted of corruption had wriggled free.
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DUBLIN, March 24 (Reuters) - Ireland banned all non-essential travel within the country and shut non-essential retail on Tuesday to battle coronavirus as it significantly increased income support for those already left unemployed and workers at risk of joining them.
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No timing given - Cut in so-called "golden pensions" of more than 5,000 euros per month which have not been fully funded by contributions into the system - Ensure income of 780 euros a month for the poor by providing universal income support.
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From an estimated 7.0 percent growth in 2018, India's economy is projected to expand at a faster pace of 7.2 percent in 2019 and 7.3 percent in 2020, the ADB said, as lower policy rates and income support to farmers boost domestic demand.
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Conte stressed the lower deficit would have no impact on the government's flagship policies of a new income support scheme and a lower retirement age, but Dombrovskis said the deal would mean 10 billion euros ($11.42 billion) of extra cuts from Rome.
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In the 6003s, US social welfare policy took a dramatic shift away from guaranteed income support for poor households in the form of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program and toward an approach to poverty reduction with a heavy focus on work.
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Policies put forward by Rome to address the gaps in wages and opportunities between the urban rich and less-well-off rest go further than those of nearly anywhere else in the rich world, including an income-support program targeting 5 million Italians living in poverty.
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"This all starts with the assumption that if you make people miserable enough, they will go out and find a job," said LaDonna Pavetti, the vice president for family income support policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a left-leaning think tank in Washington.
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Implementing this kind of universal coverage would cost British Columbia about $52 million annually, but would save at least $95 million in terms of public expenditures for health, social, and income support programs, according to a 2010 study from the B.C. charity Options for Sexual Health.
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Third, current spending on unwieldy federal job training programs can be directed toward personal re-employment accounts for income support and enhanced personalized training for individuals who are most likely to experience long-lasting unemployment given economic dislocations from technological change or domestic or foreign competition.
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Devindra Pant, chief economist of India Ratings, an arm of Fitch, estimated that income support of about 5,000 rupees per month for about 260 million people, about one fifth of India's population, could cost about 4 trillion rupees ($56.24 billion) a year, or about 2 percent of the GDP.
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"What we're trying to do is encourage them to go the two major centers because that's where we have the greatest number of services, both in terms of health, income support, mental health support as well as the capacity to absorb the students into the school system," said Notley.
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Italy's ruling coalition, comprised of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the right-wing League, had earmarked 9 billion euros ($10.2 billion) to provide income support to the poor and 7 billion euros to allow 62-year-old workers with 38 years of pension contributions to retire.
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And the very meager tax cuts or wage increases these workers enjoy will pale in comparison with the benefits they ultimately lose, especially from government spending on income support and retirement programs, including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, to pay for the tax cuts that mostly help the rich.
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That rattled capital markets, not least because Mr Di Maio also said that he intends to introduce immediately three expensive measures that had previously been expected to be phased in gradually: income support for the poor and unemployed; lower rates of income tax; and the rollback of a pension reform.
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"What we're trying to do is encourage them to go to the two major centers, because that's where we have the greatest number of services, both in terms of health, income support, mental health support, as well as the capacity to absorb the students into the school system," she said.
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By 2016, there were roughly 3.3 million jobless single mothers and just 1.3 million families receiving welfare, known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, the lowest number since welfare reform was enacted, according to LaDonna Pavetti, vice president for family income support policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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In Nordic states, there's an assumption that the government will support its citizens through all stages of life: a child allowance, child care, and pre-K through college education for children; unemployment insurance and income support for working-age people; pensions and long-term care for the elderly; and health care for all.
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While they are accruing benefits that are meant to support them in retirement, the truth is that a young worker welcoming a new baby or family member often has a far greater need for income support at that time, than he or she will be at the relatively young retirement age of sixty-seven.
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Recipients are obliged to look for work and accept one of the first three job offers received - Calls for a 2 billion euro investment in employment agencies to better help job seekers - Open dialogue with European Union to guarantee the use of 20 pct of the European Social Fund allocation to help Italy establish the universal income support.
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Underlining the risks to Italy's budget is the fact that the Five-Star Movement is insisting on the introduction of a basic income support program that would significantly increase public spending at the same time that The League is insisting on the introduction of a flat income tax that is bound to reduce tax revenue collections.
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"We agree with the bill's goal to protect workers, but we don't agree that this protection should come at the cost of the flexibility our community relies on to supplement their income, support their families, and set their own schedules," Lyft said in a blog post sent as a push notification to riders and drivers on Wednesday.
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As an example, Dad showed BuzzFeed News screenshots of mass messages that routinely target poorer WhatsApp users, claiming (falsely) to be from one of three senders: the Pakistani Army, the Benazir Income Support Program (a government-run cash transfer program for people living in poverty), and Jeeto Pakistan, a popular game show on which winners can get thousands of Pakistani rupees.
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"We will be testing the potential of a basic income to determine if it will provide more consistent support to clients, streamline the delivery of income support, and achieve savings in other areas, such as health and housing supports," Alissa von Bargen, a spokesperson for the Office of the Minister of Community and Social Services, wrote me in an email.
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"The president's budget has this tension where they're basically saying we want people to go to work, and they're cutting the resources that would allow people to get there," said LaDonna Pavetti, vice president for family income support at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, citing cuts in Mr. Trump's budget to work force training, cash assistance and food stamps.
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A few of the datapoints Experian collects for its Mosaic profile (now included in HART) are, via Big Brother Watch:Family composition, including children,Family/personal names linked to ethnicity,Online data, including data scraped from the pregnancy advice website 'Emma's Diary', and Rightmove,Occupation,Child benefits, tax credits, and income support,Health data,GCSE [General Certificate of Secondary Education] results,Ratio of gardens to buildings,Census data,Gas and electricity consumption.
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Those with less means will consider childminders because they might be on par with the price of a nursery (and will be coverable by the same vouchers they might use if they're on income support) but, again, provide more of a home-based environment that will feel more comfortable to a child under the age of 5, or for pre-secondary school aged kids in the after-school hours.
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There are tons of elements to this, among them shoring up the retirement, pension, and health care benefits of retired and retiring fossil fuel workers, providing "income support and educational stipends" to fossil fuel workers, creating a "Re-Power Fund" to invest in transitioning communities, creating a "Restoration Fund" to train workers and put them to work in ecological restoration, strengthening labor and bargaining laws, and conditioning all federal clean energy investments on high labor standards.
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte met EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday and offered to lower Italy's deficit target for next year to 53 percent of gross domestic product from 2.4 percent previously to avoid disciplinary action from the EU. "A few billions (in savings) compared to the original theoretical forecasts will come from the realistic implementation of the (government's) most significant political measures," Galli told broadcaster La7, referring to income support and the introduction of a lower retirement age.
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BUCHANAN COUNTY, VA. Coal mining jobs 2130 thousand jobs QUARTERLY 218 212011 21200 2110 2150 21460 '211 '90 '00 '10 '19 Population 40 thousand 30 19803 10 0 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '17 Personal disposable income per capita, as a share of U.S. average 100 % 20163 50 25 0 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '17 Federal transfers as a share of personal income 403 % Social Security 15 Medicare 10 Income Support 5 Disability 0 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '603 BUCHANAN COUNTY, VA. Coal mining jobs Population 6 thousand jobs 40 thousand QUARTERLY 5 30 4 3 20 2 10 303 0 0 '83 '90 '00 '10 '19 '70 '80 '83 '00 '10 '17 Personal disposable income per capita, as a share of U.S. average Federal transfers as a share of personal income 100 % 20 % Social Security 75 15 Medicare 50 10 Income Support 20113 5 Disability 0 0 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '17 '2003 '80 '90 '00 '10 '17 Sources: Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration (jobs); Bureau of Economic Analysis By The New York Times And that, today, is a problem.
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ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT 2000-Star Movement, leader Luigi Di Maio (213) Policies: universal income support to ensure monthly income of at least 240 euros ($25); renegotiate the Fiscal Compact; raise the budget deficit above 20143 percent of GDP to cut taxes and increase investments; hold a referendum on euro membership if partners refuse any concessions on the Fiscal Compact; cut privileges of politicians, trade unions and well-off pensioners; repeal 22014 pension reform to allow earlier retirement; repeal 22011 labor reform to make firing harder; raise taxes on banks and oil and gas companies; toughen conflict of interest rules; cut red tape, abolishing 27 laws; scrap public financing of newspapers; separate banks' retail and investment arms; improve relations with Russia.
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