Personal accounts offer two fundamental advantages for smallbusiness: actions that the government would not have to take(unnecessarily raising taxes or cutting Social Security benefits)and results that the private sector would generate (enhancedentrepreneurship, strengthened capital markets, and improvedretirement incomes). Empowering entrepreneurs in this way wouldbenefit the entire nation as additional jobs were created andeconomic growth was sustained.
Public investments in benefit programs could save tens of thousands of children from being victims of child abuse and have important later-life effects on child welfare and overall health.
State spending on anti-poverty programs could substantially reduce child abuse and neglect theconversation.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theconversation.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.