Work policies combat poverty, licensing boards violate law, prosecutor funding needs reform

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** Wisconsin's Missing Rung
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How do we help poor but able-bodied and capable people experiencing temporary hurdles get jobs? And as importantly, how do we do it in a way that does not encourage everlasting dependency on government?

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** Absence and Violation
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Occupational licensing boards in Wisconsin are routinely in violation of a state law that requires representatives of the public and consumers to serve them.

Since 1975, state law has required that these powerful, rulemaking boards include one or more public members who represent consumers and discourage self-dealing. Today, at least 27 professional licensure boards or councils are in outright violation of the law and, therefore, controlled solely by people who work in the same professions they are charged with regulating.
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** Video: The Importance of Work in Lifting People Out of Poverty
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Angela Rachidi, resident scholar in poverty studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and Eloise Anderson, former secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and a Badger Institute visiting fellow, discuss safety net programs and work in Wisconsin. Rachidi is author of the January 2020 Badger Institute report "Wisconsin's missing rung: Policies linked to work are critical to lifting people out of poverty."

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** Problems with prosecutor funding in Wisconsin
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Prosecutors' decisions affect thousands of individuals and every community across the state, and they must be made without perverse incentives. Properly funding prosecutors' offices - thereby eliminating the incentive to over-charge - is a key factor in ensuring a fair, free and safe society.

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