Third Way Products
The Middle Class Program
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Report
An analysis of the public's trust in government over time and what current low levels of trust mean for the new president and Congress.
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Memo
Congress convenes in January, facing a formidable to-do list. This short memo provides advice to Congress on how it should spend its first 100 days to maximize the likelihood of passing an ambitious legislative agenda successfully.
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Memo
In the midst of perhaps the most complicated economic situation in nearly a century, this short memo examines the question "Are You Better Off" throughout all 50 states.
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Message Memo
In the midst of perhaps the most complicated economic situation
in nearly a century, this short memo advises progressives how to refocus the debate from Wall Street to Main Street.
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Report
A look at how middle class families have fared over the last eight years.
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Message Memo
This memo offers our advice on what progressives must do to reframe the debate, take proper credit for their overhaul of the Bush proposal, and address public outrage.
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Memo
This document describes the results of a poll on the middle class and the economy commissioned by Third Way from Global Strategy Group.
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External
Third Way is pleased to endorse Senator Baucus' Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act (S. 1848).
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Memo
Third Way and Benenson Strategy Group fielded six focus groups
in Atlanta, St. Louis and Columbus, Ohio, to ask middle-class Americans about trade and the economy.
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Memo
Shaken, Not Stirred is a joint memo from Third Way and pollster Pete Brodnitz of the Benenson Strategy Group that describes our findings and discusses a potential opportunity for political leaders.
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External
This statement of support endorses the efforts of the Trade and American Competitiveness Coalition to pass Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) reform this Congress.
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Memo
Getting to YES With the Middle Class argues why progressives should be talking about success and offers the elements of a success agenda for the middle class.
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Message Memo
The typical working-age taxpayer will pay just over $13,000 in federal income and payroll taxes for 2007, and they aren’t going to get a receipt. So Third Way decided to give them one – we found out what that $13,000 buys in government.
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Message Memo
This memo is about how progressives can win the tax debate.
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External
Third Way is pleased to support the Feinstein-Martinez SAFE Mortgage Licensing Act (S.2595).
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Message Memo
Did you know that Barack Obama has won more votes in the fifteen races he
has lost than in the twenty-nine he has won? Neither did we—until we crunched the numbers.
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Memo
This memo argues that staunching the catastrophic loss of middle class wealth from falling home values should share equal billing with foreclosure prevention as a top policy priority.
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Memo
Short-term and long-term measures aimed at restoring American confidence in the economy and in progressives’ handling of the
economy.
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Report
Why trade advocates need to change both what they argue and how they argue on trade to communicate more effectively with the American public on the benefits of trade.
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Memo
Unsticking the Sandwich Generation: Help for Families Caring for Aging Parents
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External
Third Way Supports the AGE (Americans Giving care to Elders) Act
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External
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Memo
This memo supports the reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for low-income children and urges advocates of this program to work against a possible veto threat.
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Memo
The “New Middle Class Compact” is based on a longer paper we released earlier in the year called "The New Rules Economy," in which we argued that middle class anxiety is rooted in the uncertainty of change brought about by advances in technology and accelerating globalization.
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Report
An analysis of the true state of the middle class, the myths being told by both the right and the left, and the new economic rules facing workers, companies and government.
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Memo
Policy ideas and message guidance on expanding legal immigration of skilled workers.
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Memo
A review of the potential traps for proponents of Medicare Part D reform.
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Memo
Conservatives say that deficits don’t matter, and they’ve spent the nation into a ditch to prove it. Under President Bush, the federal budget deficit is expected to reach an historic high of $1.1 trillion by 2011. We do the math to determine how this impacts the budget of average American families.
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Memo
Conservatives are certain to attack progressives as "tax and spenders." In this memo, we lay out how to handle that attack and win the debate over tax cuts.
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Talking Points
Talking points for progressive leaders on the proposed repeal of the estate tax.
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Message Memo
A guide to opposing the tax cut bill being rammed through Congress.
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Message Memo
Progressives win opinion polls on the economy but are losing middle-class voters at the ballot box. This message memo looks at why and how to fix it.
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Message Memo
How To Play Offense on President Bush’s Budget Message
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Module
This module proposes a federal grant program for state-mandated financial education that helps students gain the knowledge and money smarts to navigate today’s complex financial world.
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Module
This module introduces two proposals to make credit scores more transparent.
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Module
This module proposes new small business tax breaks to help entrepreneurs get closer to realizing their dream of owning their own business.
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Module
This module proposes a new public service scholarship to attract highly skilled young people to careers in the federal government.
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Module
This module proposes energy tax breaks to provide immediate relief from high energy costs and encourage consumer investments that will reduce energy consumption.
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Module
This module proposes creating an elder care tax credit to help relieve some of the financial worries of caring for an aging family member.
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Module
This module proposes a temporary bridge insurance benefit so that workers between jobs can maintain their health coverage.
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Module
This module proposes doubling the child care tax credit to make child care more affordable for families struggling to juggle career and children.
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This module proposes a college tuition tax cut to help families send their children to college.
