Will the false stories and attacks on SOCIAL SECURITY never stop?

2018 Election in the hands of YOUNG VOTERS
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There is so much misinformation and kicking around of Social Security I wrote a reply to some friends recently.
  
 ~~People for the most part have so many long held believes it doesn't do much good to discuss it with them.   One thing I did not even mention was SSI, Supplemental Security Income, handled and maintained by the Social Security Administration, SSA.  Simply put it is a welfare payment sent out by SSA, but funded out of the "Federal General Revenue" and has nothing to do with SS.  It is another misunderstood payment because it is sent out by SSA.  It is a very complicated formula and varies state by state and again has nothing to do with monies collected and put aside for retirement, Social Security Trust Funds.~~

RESPONSE to letter reprinted below:

You are absolutely correct, too much burden has been placed on the Social Security "Retirement System".  When it was enacted in 1935 it was designed to be exactly that a forced retirement savings plan.  Prior to that if you couldn't work or had no savings and could not support yourself you were sent to a poorhouse, in the city or a poor farm.  Edgefield Manor which was located in Troutdale was originally a poor farm.  Later it became a county nursing or retirement home for people who were old and had no means to pay.

  

After World War 2 and into the early 50's there was a clamor across the country for some kind of welfare program to take care of the disabled workers (face it companies didn't want the heavy cost of insurance to provide for their workers) and state governments wanted to close institutions caring for those born with disabling handicaps.  State Legislatures called it "main streaming" and they were putting these people handed over to the state for care into homes but with no financial resources.  Elected officials didn't want raise taxes to provide for sick, blind, children born with defects so Congress was called upon for a solution.  Here again Congress didn't want the responsibility to raise taxes and provide for these people under a general welfare program, they said it was a state's responsibility.

As the public out cry grew louder, the successful Social Security System with all of it's resources building up to return to retirees looked good, remember minor children of a deceased "covered parents" <were the money goes when some people die without collecting a dime> were added to the benefit program.  As the beneficiaries grew without increasing taxes the pot started down, rather than face raising taxes age limits were raised and finally in desperate circumstances the "cut off" for wages was raised to increase money coming into the Social Security Fund.

TO QUOTE the e-mail:  And these governmental morons mismanaged the money and stole from the system, so that it's now going broke.

Not exactly; they BORROWED from the system, they added to the system beneficiaries, extended programs without the courage to immediately pay for them through higher taxes and answered public "NEEDS".

OH, by the way these were done by Republican Congresses just as the so called Republican Congress is paying for tax cuts for the few now with huge growing Federal DEBT.   Who needs these huge tax "give-aways"?  Who benefits?  Who is pushing this latest *Ponzi scheme*, taking money from the next generations to pay for the current Republican TAX-DEBT scheme?

The crude reference to Lyndon Johnson who inherited the costly Vietnam War was really misplaced.  Much of his "Great Society" program was facing racial problems.  ie  Ending school segregation   ie THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT  

I guess you might say I have a much different take on things, than covered in this e-mail.

President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and 1965 focusing mainly on eliminating racial injustice and ending poverty in the United States.  In which America ended poverty, promoted equality, improved education, rejuvenated cities, and protected the environment. This became the blueprint for the most far-reaching agenda of domestic legislation since the New Deal of the 1930s. ...

Here is the original letter being circulated:

A woman dies at age 65 before collecting one benefit check.  She and her employer paid into the system for almost 50 years and she collected NOTHING!

Keep in mind all the working people that die every year who were paying into the system and got nothing!

And these governmental morons mismanaged the money and stole from the system, so that it's now going broke.

BEAUTIFUL! and they have the audacity to call today's seniors "vultures" in an attempt to cover their ineptitude. DISGRACEFUL!

The real reason for renaming our Social Security payments is so the government can claim that all those social security recipients are receiving entitlements thus putting them in the same case as welfare, food stamp recipients.

THIS IS WORTH THE FEW MINUTES IT TAKES TO READ AND DIGEST!

F.Y.I.  By changing the name of SS contributions it gives them a means to refute this program in the future.
It's free money for the government to spend under this guise.

The Social Security check is now (or soon will be) referred to as a *Federal Benefit Payment*?

I'll be part of the one percent to forward this. I am forwarding it because it touches a nerve in me, and I hope it will in you.

Please keep passing it on until everyone in our country has read it.

The government is now referring to our Social Security checks as a "Federal Benefit Payment."

This isn't a benefit. It is our money paid out of our earned income!  Not only did we all contribute to Social Security but our employers did too. It totaled 15% of our income before taxes.

(This should be enough for you to forward this message, If not read on.)

If you averaged $30K per year over your working life, that's close to $180,000 invested in Social Security.

If you calculate the future value of your monthly investment in social security ($375/month, including both you and your employers contributions) at a meager 1% interest rate compounded monthly, after 40 years of working you'd have more than $1.3+ million dollars saved!

This is your personal investment. Upon retirement, if you took out only 3% per year, you'd receive $39,318 per year, or $3,277 per month.

That's almost three times more than today's average Social Security benefit of $1,230 per month, according to the Social Security Administration. (Google it – it's a fact). And your retirement fund would last more than 33 years (until you're 98 if you retire at age 65)! I can only imagine how much better most average-income people could live in retirement if our government had just invested our money in low-risk interest-earning accounts.

Instead, the folks in Washington pulled off a bigger *Ponzi scheme* than Bernie Madoff ever did. (Lyndon Johnson)

They took our money and used it elsewhere. They forgot (oh yes, they knew) that it was OUR money they were taking.  They didn't have a referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to them.  And they didn't pay interest on the debt they assumed. And recently they've told us that the money won't support us for very much longer.(Isn't it funny that they NEVER say this about welfare payments?)

But is it our fault they misused our investments?  And now, to add insult to injury, they're calling it a *benefit*, as if we never worked to earn every penny of it.
Just because they borrowed the money, doesn't mean that our investments were a charity!

Let's take a stand. We have earned our right to Social Security and Medicare.. Demand that our legislators bring some sense into our government.

Find a way to keep Social Security and Medicare going for the sake of that 92% of our population who need it.

Then call it what it is:

Our Earned Retirement Income.

Arizona is a target for NEXTGEN {TOM STEYER} Political Action

Tom Steyer is doing the following: Putting $30 million behind NextGen America’s youth organizing program, to unleash the full political power of young voters.

Redoubling efforts with the Need to Impeach campaign — already over 4 million strong. The movement is going to take action to stand up to this president in 2018, and demand our elected representatives stand with us.

With the people on our side, we’re going to send a progressive wave across the country. Tom Steyer has already spent “well over” $10 million on airing the IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP ad in all 50 states.

When asked whether he was attempting to get Trump’s attention by airing it on a news channel the President is known to watch, Steyer says his team is simply attempting to reach Americans “of different political groupings” in order to energize a grassroots campaign to oust Trump from office.

 In 2018, NextGen Rising will register, motivate, and turn out more than half a million young people to vote. Across 10 states, young voters will help progressives flip Congress, win Governor’s races, and take back state legislatures.

Tom Steyer sees the key to achieving progressive victories in 2018 as young voters.

 Arizona is at the top of the list for successful political change in 2018. United States Senator-Governor-Congressional Offices-State Legislature all in position for change.

 Join the political movement now as the foundation is being built.

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FABLE of School Choice

As stated in the introduction of  Over-60-Liberals-Who-Brunch-and-Lunch/ MEETUP GROUP       Click Here         

{Original credit Arizona Leg. District 26   August 2011, most of the following.}

As argument goes, "When it comes to schools, parents should have a choice."  In the real world
the choice is being exposed, the choice remains with the for-profit charter schools.  Across the
country there is a growing effort to privatize the school systems using publicly funded charter
schools.

In Arizona there are 546 charter schools with 180,000 students enrolled.  {December 2017 Arizona Daily Star}

What we actually see is a collect of students based on family income and parental motivation.
The free education mandated by Arizona State Constitution is under the present system a transfer
of wealth to the wealthy corporations in charge of the resulting new education INDUSTRY.

The basic tenet of democracy is the right to a world-class education, a right to every American child.  Every adult in America has a responsibility to insure excellence in our public education system, for our own children and for the children of other Americans.

To guarantee equal opportunity for all children, our public schools must emphasize teacher experience, class size, and a well-rounded education (not just training).  School infrastructure
must be clean, safe, and have the latest technological advances.

"Choice" is being used as a euphemism for segregation.  Children born to parents of means or motivation can choose which school to attend (subject to acceptance).  All others will attend a second-class "public" school.

<Where has the public revenue for education gone?>
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PRIVATE MONEY CREEPS INTO THE PUBIC SCHOOLS--What is the REAL reason?

ARIZONA DAILY STAR 12/14/2017

After a controversial economics class with ties to the Koch network slipped into four high schools without proper vetting or approval, Tucson's largest school district is dropping the class.

The Tucson Unified School District Governing Board voted Tuesday to retroactively approve Philosophy 101: Ethics, Economy, and Entrepreneurship, and allow students who are enrolled in the class, or who previously completed it, to earn credits towards graduation requirements.

But the board, in a 4-1 vote, agreed that in lieu of a separate vote to formally approve the class going forward, it should be automatically canceled after this year.

Still, backers of the class aren't giving up, saying they're going to try to save the course in TUSD, this time going through the proper channels and getting approval from the district governing board beforehand.

The class is offered as a dual- credit college course developed in partnership with the University ofArizona's Center for the

Philosophy of Freedom, better known as the 'Freedom Center.'

The Freedom Center receives funding from Charles Koch and other Libertarian- minded donors, some of them unnamed, as well as from a special appropriation from the Legislature.

The class is taught at Tucson, Rincon, Pueblo and Cholla high schools.

Cholla offers it only as an elective, which does not satisfy the requirement for a high school economics credit. The other three TUSD schools allow it to fulfill state requirement that high schoolers take at least one economics class.

At least three other public school districts in Pima County - Amphitheater, Sahuarita and Vail - along with some private and charter schools, offer the course, either as an elective or to

See TUSD, A4

TUSD nixes plan to make Catalina new home for UHS / A2

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meet a core requirement for graduation. But unlike TUSD, all of those other public school districts say the class was vetted and approved through the proper channels.

Stacia Reeves, who teaches the course at Rincon, noted that the dual enrollment class is different from an advanced placement course because it takes a college level course and spreads it out over a full year, which is less intimidating for students like English language learners.

'Let's give some of our students who have multiple learning styles an opportunity to have this rigor in order for them to know they are college-ready,' she said.

And she noted that the state's new A-F letter grades place a heavy emphasis on having students college and career ready, and keeping the course would help boost schools' scores.

Mario Villarreal-Diaz, formerly of the Freedom Center but now an associate professor of ethics, economy and entrepreneurship at the UA's department of political economy and moral science, which houses the Freedom Center, said the course seeks to empower students and teach them about what it takes to be an ethical business person.

And he told the Governing Board that while the introduction at TUSD was flawed, the controversy is misplaced, and he hopes the board will revisit the issue.

'We commend you as the leadership for finding a way to protect those students who have already taken the course, and more importantly, we look forward to working with you in following due process so this course remains as part of the overall advanced learning TUSD offerings,' he said.

Board members signaled that they may be willing to hear them out.

Board member Rachael Sedgwick noted that after learning more about the class, it seemed like the controversy surrounding it was overblown, and that the only real issue was about the textbook, which was developed by professors with ties to the Freedom Center, and which district auditors said would be not be balanced enough on its own to satisfy state requirements.

'Now that we have a lot more information about the course and what goes on in the classroom, I'm much more willing to have a more robust conversation about it,' she said.

But board member Adelita Grijalva, the only board member to vote against theproposal, said she still had concerns about how the book ever got into classrooms.

Grijalva noted that the district never purchased enough books to have them in four schools.

'My concern is if any other textbooks got into our classrooms, who purchased those and how did they get in there? Because that's a major problem,' she said.

'I don't want to punish these students who are participating in the classes, because none of this is their fault. But I have a real problem with the process and how we got to this point.'

Tucson Sun Tran

SHOWDOWN OVER HIGHER SUN TRAN FARES

Citizens panel: Find ways to boost ridership instead

By Joe Ferguson

ARIZONA DAILY STAR

The city's citizen-led Transit Task Force has sent a message to the City Council: Don't raise bus fares and focus on increasing ridership.

The 11-member board voted earlier this week to oppose the various proposals to increase fares in an attempt to generate more revenue for the city-owned bus service. The City Council is expected to vote on the proposed fare hikes Tuesday.

The task force's decision puts many on the board in direct conflict with those who appointed them, as each member of the council, the mayor and the city manager can put one person on the taskforce.

In June, the City Council signed off on a $1.4 billion budget for the current fiscal year that included increased revenue from Sun Tran riders.

Former City Councilwoman Margot Garcia, a member of the task force, said she wants to see the city make an investment in the service. Examples would include adding more buses to popular routes, improving predictability when buses will arrive, Wi-Fi service and discounts to encourage buying passes.

Brian Flagg, a member of the task force and one of the founders of the Tucson Bus Riders Union, said the city still has a lot of work to do regarding bringing up ridership numbers to what they were before last year's transit strike.

The focus for more revenue should be increasing ridership, Flagg said, before asking existing riders to pay more.

Councilman Paul Cunningham, who has put forward his proposal for fare increases, is refusing to back away from a pledge to raise fares.

Every other city department has had to make painful cuts to balance the budget, he said, and it is too late to reverse course on some fare increases for bus riders.

Cunningham says the base fare should remain at $1.50 per ride because an increase could discourage 'casual riders.' Instead, Cunningham wants to increase the economy fare to 75 cents over the next four years.

Competing proposals from Mayor Jonathan Rothschild and City Manager Mike Ortega rely on other models to increase revenue from riders.

Rothschild suggests holding the economy fare to the current rate of 50 cents per ride while increasing the regular fare to $2 per ride.

Ortega's proposal would increase the base fare to $1.75 per ride and the economy fare to 75 cents per ride.

Councilman Steve Kozachik said the bus riders deserve to see some improvement in the bus service if the council is going toincrease fares.

Sun Tran is continuing to struggle to increase ridership to pre-strike numbers, and a fare increase would hinder those efforts if there are no improvements.

'We will be shooting ourselves in the foot,' he said.

Democrats Reconnect before it is too late.

Your opinion matters, I would like to hear from you.  E-Mail me,  put in your subject line: Reconnect

White working class voters have deserted the Democrat Party and in mass have joined the TRUMP for President and the Republican Party he now heads.  Unless Democrats bring the once prosperous middle class back to the fold we could be doomed with the government bought and paid for with "Dark Money", and the biggest hustler to join the political class...ever!

What is left of the Democrat Party are elitist almost snobbish, educated and skilled professional types with job security, decent incomes and little or no empathy for those in lower circumstances.

Listen!  The backlash is clearly audible against "moochers", government programs, the rich getting richer and not paying their share, while others are standing in the food checkout lines paying for T-Bone Steaks with food stamps.

Up comes the cry, "Let's make those free-loaders work for public benefits!" and "Time to banish free food, free healthcare, free housing, for lazy do nothings!"  These mutterings are followed by:  "Trump has it right:.. Let's make America Great again!"

The times before the loss of jobs, welfare checks and resentment of "bureaucracy" and anti-government views, before the middle class was destroyed and too many fell into poverty -- were these what we fondly remember as "the good old days?"  Perhaps so...

No wonder, then, as people fell into poverty and they saw those who were still living the life of the middle class -- government employees, city, county, state and federal employees, steady income workers and those receiving health insurance, retirement plans and the beautiful benefits associated with year around jobs -- no wonder they became desperate.

Their deep feeling of resentment became "The deck is stacked against us."  Complaints abounded condemning those minorities who are taking our jobs at half the wages, those "illegals" flooding across open borders that have no security; foreigners standing on street corners picking up those construction jobs that used to be unionized, good paying with added benefits...

No wonder people are taken in by the likes of Trump screaming "Back to the good old days!".  It's not the days, per se, it's the good paying jobs!

Remember the pride we had in America?  America the strong, the proud... before people became angry, distrustful?  Now we're left with     empty stores and former workers who are poverty-stricken.  Now we have have desperate people exploited by payday lenders, auto title loans and advertisers shouting, "Cash for Gold."

As the financial crisis and the housing bubble burst down went jobs and up went unemployment.  Downtown streets and parks have become meeting spots for unemployed, druggies and dealers.  Idle hands turned to crime, despondency became dependency on illegal substances.

Looking around, people saw that there seemed to be plenty of money being spent on foreign countries, money being poured into military build-ups, but nothing for drug rehab, mental health treatment or worst of all, our kids' educations and paths to and paths of opportunity.

Meanwhile, where are the children of today?  Are they all doing "beer-runs" and shop lifting a pair of shoes or a fresh shirt?...  Unfortunately, America's youth is going downhill fast.  All too often what young people call "home" is a house of violence with frequent screaming matches and blame throwing.  Divorce coupled with "troubled times" can bring on harsh conditions for the young.  As kids find themselves thrown into despair and uncertainty, they're all too often shuffled from one place to another, losing what roots and stability they had in sunnier times.

Suburbanites too often live like hillbillies without the back wood hills: fighting for quick profits over education, job skill training or family support.  No wonder so many are looking for easy solutions and a way out.  They slide so easily into becoming willing followers of Trump and the Republicans.

And we know what we can expect from the Republicans.  They are all focused on turning their gains into more profits while diminishing government protections.

Trump appealed to the discouraged with empty promises:  Follow me, and I will make you great again.  I will make everyone in the world pay for associating with us.  It's all their fault thinking they are smarter than Americans.  I will send them the bill and make America great again.

Hey, Donald... What if they don't pay the bill?

Democrats, people who so want to believe no matter what --  are falling for the trap...  Scapegoating is nothing new, Trump has no answers, but futile promises, "Buy my ticket and I will make you rich again."  Ever won much on the lottery?  Our chances with the Trump Republican Party are exactly the same.

The way back to the good old day...electing Democrats starting with the state legislatures, congress and yes, local offices.  That is the way to building a renewed solid middle class.  Democrats have led the way before and can do it again, we are experienced builders.

!!!My special thanks to K. Pastryk for her assist in editing my work and helping so much in presenting a more readable posting.!!!

Borrowing from--It's the numbers stupid!

We can look at the White House or we can look at Congress this election, but it is right here at home and to begin with the Arizona State Senate to find no better place for a challenge to start making profound political change.

It's the numbers!  Control of the legislative process, direct input into the budget process where the money goes and where it comes from is right now three Senator votes away from a Democratic majority.

In the Senate a majority is 16...that's what it takes to force comprise, elect leadership, control committees make or break what laws get passed or repealed.  This past Senate had 13 Democrats and 17 Republicans, but those 17 Republicans with the Republican Governor and Republican House of Representatives CONTROLLED what happened in state government.

Look again  17 - 13!

Now take away 3 and add them to the 13 and what do we have?   A sane and sensible Democrat controlled state senate 16 - 14!  The number is still a total of 30, however when the first day of the session begins and the roll is called those 16 Democrats exercise power over the flow of business in the Senate by electing a presiding officer.

Appointment of members to committees, naming of committee chairs, hiring of staff, the WORKS!   That is where comprise and Democrat input starts being felt again in state government.

A lot of words to point out how important it is to elect a Democrat in Legislative District 11.   RALPH ATCHUE is gaining ground against his Republican opponent and needs your help.

Word of Mouth and published words, like in Letters to the Editor and knocking on doors spreading the news to your entire sphere of influence.

Family--Friends--Neighbors

Contact Ralph for a list of newspapers in LD 11 and volunteer to help.

Ralph Atchue <atchueforsenate@gmail.com>

 https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/fuelatchuesarmy .

A simple little letter - sample:

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Like Spring time blooms flowers, election time sprouts signs.  No one can help but notice the battle for space on every corner.  Most political signs offer no more relevant information than the candidate’s name but some do go beyond that.  One such campaign sign gives me pause.

The so-called Conservative Team of Steve Smith for Senate  and Mark Finchem and Vince Leach for House have been planting signs every where across Arizona’s Legislative District 11.  If you look closely, you won’t see who paid for these signs, or even a contact name - did they appear from thin air? The signs carry their 3 word slogan: “God * Family * Country”  In the case of these three incumbents this is only a catchy slogan - their voting records are proof they don’t believe in any of it.

In this past session they voted to shred the state constitution regarding public education funding, definition of “conflict of interest” and stacking the State Supreme Court.  They voted to enhance “Dark Money”, make access to higher education more expensive and to give taxing authority to non elected developers. All of these hurt Arizona’s working families.

Perhaps most egregious, is their lack of concern for Arizona’s most precious resource - our children.  I’m sure we all agree that well nourished and healthy kids stand a better chance for success than those who are hungry and sick.  The Conservative Team, knowing the impact of their vote full well, voted twice to kill KidsCare.  Arizona would have been the only state to deny under privileged children this Federally paid for program.  Smith, Finchem and Leach proved they don’t care at all about God, family or country.

Watch out Congress you are losing, right-wing ALEC is replacing you

******************JFK 

Profiles in Courage is a 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States Senators throughout the Senate's history. The book profiles senators who defied the opinions of their party and constituents to do what they felt was right and suffered severe criticism and losses in popularity because of their actions. 

With help from research assistants and the Library of Congress, President John F Kennedy wrote the book while bedridden during 1954 and 1955, recovering from 

back surgery.  Kennedy's speechwriter Ted Sorensen is given credit for much of the writing.
The point is so much new material is being played out in the Republican Party with key members standing tall against Donald Trump and his march to the GOP nomination for President. 

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As Congress remains relatively dysfuntional, state legislatures are playing an ever-more-important role in shaping vital public policy.

Many state legislatures have been co-opted by organizations such as The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
According to its website, ALEC "works to advance the fundamental principles of free-market enterprise, limited government, and federalism at the state level through a nonpartisan public-private partnership of America's state legislators, members of the private sector and the general public".
ALEC has produced model bills on a broad range of issues, such as reducing regulation and individual and corporate taxation, combating illegal immigration, loosening environmental regulations, tightening voter identification weakening labor union's rules, and opposing gun control.  Some of these bills dominate legislative agendas in states such as Arizona, Wisconsin, Colorado, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Maine.   Approximately 200 model bills become law each year.
ALEC as an organization that gave corporate interests outsized influence.
ALEC was founded in 1973 in Chicago as the "Conservative Caucus of State Legislators"  ALEC was co-founded by conservative activist Paul Weyrich, who also co-founded the Heritage Foundation.    Henry Hyde, {Hyde Amendment** is a legislative provision barring the use of certain federal funds to pay for abortion unless the pregnancy arises from incest,  ...In 1976, Congress passed the Hyde Amendment, which banned federal Medicaid coverage of abortion. } who later became a U.S. congressman, and Lou Barnett, who later became national political director of Ronald Reagan's Political Action Committee, also helped to found ALEC. Early members included a number of state and local politicians who went on to statewide office, including Bob Kasten, Tommy Thompson, and Scott Walker of Wisconsin, John Engler of Michigan, Terry Branstad of Iowa, Mitch Daniels of Indiana, and John Boehner and John Kasich of Ohio.   Several members of Congress also were involved in the organization during its early years, including Rep. Jack Kemp of New York, Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina, Sen. James L. Buckley of New York, Rep.Phil Crane of Illinois, and Rep Eric Cantor of Virginia.
**Planned Parenthood on the Hyde Amendment
https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/abortion/hyde-amendment

The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) is a bipartisan non- governmental organization (NGO) established in 1975 in New Orleans.  
NCSL is run by an Executive Committee made up of legislators only. Corporations and their lobbyists are not members of NCSL committees.

Since 1975, NCSL has been the champion of state legislatures. We’ve helped states remain strong and independent by giving them the tools, information and resources to craft the best solutions to difficult problems. We’ve fought against unwarranted actions in Congress and saved states more than $1 billion. We’ve conducted workshops to sharpen the skills of lawmakers and legislative staff in every state. And we do it every day.

NCSL is committed to the success of all legislators and staff. Our mission is to

• Improve the quality and effectiveness of state legislatures.
• Promote policy innovation and communication among state legislatures.
• Ensure state legislatures a strong, cohesive voice in the federal system.

Social Impact Bonds (SIBs), a type of pay-for-success funding agreement, are a private financing mechanism used to fund social programs. SIBs are gaining interest from policymakers at all levels of government as a way to mitigate the simultaneous demands of tight budgets and rising social service costs. To date, state level SIB activity has centered on legislative efforts to authorize the process, create study committees, begin pilot projects,  engage in feasibility studies and learn which types of programs this financing tool can be effectively used for

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