Boosting Paychecks : The Politics of Supporting America's Working Poor /

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"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,...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Gitterman, Daniel Paul (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2010]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Minimum wage > United States.
Working poor > Taxation > United States.
Working poor > Government policy > United States.
Working poor > Government policy
Minimum wage
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Salaires minimums > États-Unis.
Travailleurs pauvres > Impôts > États-Unis.
Travailleurs pauvres > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
United States
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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