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Middle Class
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Message Memo
Are You Better Off? Economic Framing for the Remaining Weeks
In the midst of perhaps the most complicated economic situation in nearly a century, this short memo advises progressives how to refocus the debate from Wall Street to Main Street.
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Report
Are You Better Off?
A look at how middle class families have fared over the last eight years.
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Message Memo
Reframing the “Bailout”
This memo offers our advice on what progressives must do to reframe the debate, take proper credit for their overhaul of the Bush proposal, and address public outrage.
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Memo
Trade and the Middle Class: Recent Focus Group Findings
Third Way and Benenson Strategy Group fielded six focus groups in Atlanta, St. Louis and Columbus, Ohio, to ask middle-class Americans about trade and the economy.
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Memo
Shaken, Not Stirred
Shaken, Not Stirred is a joint memo from Third Way and pollster Pete Brodnitz of the Benenson Strategy Group that describes our findings and discusses a potential opportunity for political leaders.
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Module
Creating Young Investors
This module proposes a federal grant program for state-mandated financial education that helps students gain the knowledge and money smarts to navigate today’s complex financial world.
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Improving Credit Score Disclosure
This module introduces two proposals to make credit scores more transparent.
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Building Better Government with New Talent
This module proposes a new public service scholarship to attract highly skilled young people to careers in the federal government.
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Launching New Entrepreneurs
This module proposes new small business tax breaks to help entrepreneurs get closer to realizing their dream of owning their own business.
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Easing the Sticker Shock of Energy Prices
This module proposes energy tax breaks to provide immediate relief from high energy costs and encourage consumer investments that will reduce energy consumption.
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Unsticking the Sandwich Generation
This module proposes creating an elder care tax credit to help relieve some of the financial worries of caring for an aging family member.
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Boosting Retirement Weath
This module proposes a generous federal match to 401(k) savings to help middle-class families save for the retirement they deserve.
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Rebuilding Home Wealth
This module lays out how the new housing bill passed by Congress will take big steps toward rebuilding homeownership wealth.