States claim the stimulus law assaults state sovereignty by barring local governments from using aid money to cut taxes. But the Supreme Court has consistently approved conditions on federal spending.
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Many studies conducted in recent years tie lower poverty rates for children to better health and higher pay when they grow up.
For middle-class and wealthy families, securing government aid tends to be free of hassles. For low-income families, the process is often stigmatizing and the benefits meager.
The idea that Washington, D.C., is paralyzed by gridlock rests on half-truths about the legislative process and a basic misunderstanding of how contemporary policymaking works.
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Professor of Public Policy and Economics, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor Emeritus of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor of Education and Social Policy; Director of the Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
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