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Ashley Burnside
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Senior Policy Analyst with the Public Benefits Justice Team at @CLASP.org. Previously worked at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities & the Congressional Hunger Center.
LGBTQ, disability, and anti-poverty advocate.
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Today @cortezmasto.senate.gov, Senator Bill Cassidy, Representative Danny Davis and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick introduced the SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act. This bipartisan bill will #updateSSI asset limits, allowing SSI recipients to save more than the outdated $2,000. #DemolishDisabledPoverty
A dark blue social media infographic compares the cost of daily expenses in 1989 vs. today in 2025. A gallon of milk was $2.02 in 1989, but it’s $4.27 in 2025. Rent for an average apartment was $447 a month in 1989, but in 2025 it’s $2,081! An average car cost $2,000 in 1989, but it’s $48,000 in 2025. Yet the SSI asset limit was $2,000 in 1989, and it’s still $2,000 in 2025. White text on the graphic asks: “Why hasn’t the SSI asset limit kept up with inflation?”
April 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Lawmakers temporarily expanded the #EITC available to workers without dependent children in 2021, and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities estimates that if the EITC expansions were still in place, about 14 million workers would benefit in tax year 2024.
This image says "14 million workers would benefit from permanent expansion of the EITC in tax year 2024" in red text. Behind the red text is an image of cartoon people with solid gray coloring standing in a crowd.
January 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Excluding younger workers from the EITC is detrimental, because younger workers (ages 18-24) are likelier to face poverty when compared to other age groups and are likelier to start their careers in jobs that pay lower wages and may have less savings built up due to their age.
This image has a text box at the top that says "Young workers face higher poverty rates than other age demographics. Data show that 17.7 percent of young adults (ages 18-24) experienced poverty in 2022. Moreover, the rate is even higher for young people of color at 22.5 percent." Underneath the textbox is two half-circle charts: the chart on the left shows the poverty rate of 17.7% for young workers overall; the chart on the right shows the poverty rate of 22.5% for young adults of color.
January 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM