LEADER 02798nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910821588303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $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 $a20091009d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBoosting paychecks $ethe politics of supporting America's working poor /$fDaniel P. Gitterman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cBrookings Institution Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (194 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8157-0308-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 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 $aWorking poor$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aWorking poor$xTaxation$zUnited States 606 $aMinimum wage$zUnited States 615 0$aWorking poor$xGovernment policy 615 0$aWorking poor$xTaxation 615 0$aMinimum wage 676 $a331.5/40973 700 $aGitterman$b Daniel Paul$01681831 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821588303321 996 $aBoosting paychecks$94203645 997 $aUNINA