Boosting Paychecks [[electronic resource] ] : The Politics of Supporting America's Working Poor

• Autore: Gitterman Daniel P
• Pubblicazione: Washington, : Brookings Institution Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.5/40973; 362.5820973
• Soggetto topico: Minimum wage - United States; Working poor - Government policy - United States; Working poor - Taxation - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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
• ISBN: 1-282-54680-5; 9786612546808; 0-8157-0458-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780975503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II