LEADER 03042nam 22006133u 450 001 9910780975503321 005 20230721025012.0 010 $a1-282-54680-5 010 $a9786612546808 010 $a0-8157-0458-5 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007959 035 $a(EBL)472721 035 $a(OCoLC)557661274 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000335327 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11251345 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335327 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10272300 035 $a(PQKB)11191713 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472721 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007959 100 $a20130418d2009|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBoosting Paychecks$b[electronic resource] $eThe Politics of Supporting America's Working Poor 210 $aWashington $cBrookings Institution Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (194 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8157-0308-2 327 $aFront Cover; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Preface; Boosting Paychecks in America; The Political Origins of Federal Taxes on Individual Income; The Political Origins of the Federal Minimum Wage; Reagan, Bush, and a New Era in the Politics of Boosting Paychecks; Clinton and the Fight over Tax Relief for the Working Poor or the Middle Class; George W. Bush and the Return of Across-the-Board Tax Relief; Toward a New Bargain?; The Past and Future Politics of Boosting Paychecks; References; Index; Back Cover 330 $aWhen most people think of policies designed to help the poor, welfare is the first program that comes to mind. Traditionally welfare has served individuals who do not work-hence much of the stigma that some attach to the program. An equally important strand of American social policy, however, is meant to support low-wage workers and their families. In Boosting Paychecks, Daniel Gitterman illuminates this often neglected part of the American safety net.Gitterman focuses on two sets of policy instruments that have been used to aid the working poor since the early twentieth century: the federal 606 $aMinimum wage - United States 606 $aWorking poor - Government policy - United States 606 $aWorking poor - Taxation - United States 606 $aWorking poor$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aWorking poor$xTaxation$zUnited States 606 $aMinimum wage$zUnited States 615 4$aMinimum wage - United States. 615 4$aWorking poor - Government policy - United States. 615 4$aWorking poor - Taxation - United States. 615 0$aWorking poor$xGovernment policy 615 0$aWorking poor$xTaxation 615 0$aMinimum wage 676 $a331.5/40973 676 $a362.5820973 700 $aGitterman$b Daniel P$01562916 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780975503321 996 $aBoosting Paychecks$93830927 997 $aUNINA