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Policymakers should improve policies and programs intended to help workers who are displaced as the result of offshoring, automation, outsourcing, and other major acti
Congress and the states should provide sufficient funding for the workforce development system.
Federal and state policymakers should evaluate the effectiveness of publicly funded workforce development programs.
Federal and state governments should develop integrated education and training models that ensure lifelong learning and employment-related skills development.
State policymakers should encourage public two-year institutions of higher education and other career and technical education institutions to help displaced workers complete programs efficiently an
The Pell Grant program should be amended to improve access for older and displaced workers.
Part-time work should be fully recognized in publicly supported job-training programs.
Any further efforts to address marriage penalties should be focused on two-earner couples and structured to avoid increasing marriage bonuses.
Policymakers should broaden the tax base by limiting tax preferences that do not efficiently achieve important policy goals.
Policymakers should limit the increasing number of taxpayers subject to the taxation of Social Security benefits to better protect the benefits of people who have no or limited additional retiremen