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Boosting paychecks : the politics of supporting America's working poor / / Daniel P. Gitterman



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Autore: Gitterman Daniel Paul Visualizza persona
Titolo: Boosting paychecks : the politics of supporting America's working poor / / Daniel P. Gitterman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2010
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
Disciplina: 331.5/40973
Soggetto topico: Working poor - Government policy - United States
Working poor - Taxation - United States
Minimum wage - United States
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front 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
Sommario/riassunto: When 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
Titolo autorizzato: Boosting paychecks  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-54680-5
9786612546808
0-8157-0458-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910821588303321
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