Issue Position: Empowering People, Combating Poverty

Issue Position

* From a young age, my parents taught me to be kind, generous, and to value service. Ohioans share these values and are blessed with numerous churches and charitable organizations who serve the most vulnerable in our communities. The federal government can do a better job of helping people escape the poverty trap. It is time to stop measuring the success of anti-poverty programs not by how much money is spent, but instead by how many people are helped.

* I believe that we should equip people with a skill-set that will help them find and maintain a good paying job. Additionally, work should be incentivized so that no one loses money after getting a raise. Let's test the system and promote the ideas that actually work. More opportunities can be created for millions of Americans by attacking poverty at its roots, rewarding work, and tailoring benefits to people's needs.

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