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Doug Halls July 27 Commentary piece (News of R.I.'s demise exaggerated) criticized me and the Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity, challenging our contention that it is unacceptable that Rhode Island should rank a dismal 45th in the broadest national research ever conducted on family well-being. Mr. Hall incorrectly stated that this index did not include a family income metric. It does.

Progressives like Mr. Hall believe that compassion should be measured by how many people are enrolled in government assistance programs, surviving at some arbitrarily defined meager level of subsistence. Our center believes that a more appropriate measure is how many families remain together, thrive and are empowered to improve their own quality of life via more and better jobs created by more and better companies.

The sad truth is that progressive policies have driven away more than 80,000 Rhode Islanders in recent years, yet pro-poverty advocates want even more progressive policies that seize wealth from those who have earned it and hand it over it to those who they want to be dependent on government.

Progressives can keep living in their land of make-believe, denying the harm of their policies on Ocean State families. Our center is not so naive and will continue to advocate for policies that encourage work and marriage.

Mike Stenhouse

Cranston

The writer is CEO of the Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity.

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Letter: Mike Stenhouse: Progressives deny the reality of their bad policies - The Providence Journal