1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996396846503316

Autore

Howesoun John

Titolo

A short exposition of the 20. and 21. verses of the third chapter of the first epistle of S. Iohn [[electronic resource] ] : Containing a very profitable discourse of conscience, and of al the actions, sortes, and kinds thereof, wherby euery man may easily know his estate, wherein hee standeth in the sight of his God, and whether his conscience be good or euill, with all things also belonging either to get a good conscience, or else to releiue it out of trouble, being grieued and wounded, as in the epistle to the reader is more specially mentioned, and in the discourse itselfe clearely expressed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Printed by Robert Waldegraue, printer to the Kings Maiestie, Anno Dom. 1600

Descrizione fisica

[64] p

Soggetti

Conscience

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Signed at end: M. Iohn Howesoun.

Running title reads: A discourse of conscience.

Signatures: A-D.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Foot of title page has: Cum priuilegio Regio.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910305554703321

Autore

Howard Christopher

Titolo

The Hidden Welfare State : Tax Expenditures and Social Policy in the United States / / Christopher Howard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [1999]

©1999

ISBN

9786612738357

9781282738355

1282738356

9781400822416

1400822416

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Collana

Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ; ; 61

Disciplina

336.2060973

Soggetti

Tax expenditures

Taxation

Political science

Finance, Public

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Part One. Overview -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Sizing Up the Hidden Welfare State -- Part two: Origins -- Introduction -- Chapter 2. Home Mortgage Interest and Employer Pensions -- Chapter 3. Earned Income Tax Credit -- Chapter 4. Targeted Jobs Tax Credit -- Part three. Development -- Introduction -- Chapter 5. Home Mortgage Interest -- Chapter 6. Employer Pensions -- Chapter 7. Earned Income Tax Credit -- Chapter 8. Targeted Jobs Tax Credit -- Part four: Conclusion -- Chapter 9. Politics of the Hidden Welfare State -- Appendix: List of Interviews -- Appendix: Notes -- Appendix: Index

Sommario/riassunto

Despite costing hundreds of billions of dollars and subsidizing everything from homeownership and child care to health insurance, tax expenditures (commonly known as tax loopholes) have received little



attention from those who study American government. This oversight has contributed to an incomplete and misleading portrait of U.S. social policy. Here Christopher Howard analyzes the "hidden" welfare state created by such programs as tax deductions for home mortgage interest and employer-provided retirement pensions, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit. Basing his work on the histories of these four tax expenditures, Howard highlights the distinctive characteristics of all such policies. Tax expenditures are created more routinely and quietly than traditional social programs, for instance, and over time generate unusual coalitions of support. They expand and contract without deliberate changes to individual programs. Howard helps the reader to appreciate the historic links between the hidden welfare state and U.S. tax policy, which accentuate the importance of Congress and political parties. He also focuses on the reasons why individuals, businesses, and public officials support tax expenditures. The Hidden Welfare State will appeal to anyone interested in the origins, development, and structure of the American welfare state. Students of public finance will gain new insights into the politics of taxation. And as policymakers increasingly promote tax expenditures to address social problems, the book offers some sobering lessons about how such programs work.