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Saving Our Children From Poverty : What the United States Can Learn From France /

Saving Our Children From Poverty compares the American aversion to national assistance programs with the French commitment to child well-being. Americans' lack of faith in the federal government, a growing resistance to taxation, and a belief that financial support encourages irresponsibility h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bergmann, Barbara R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [1996]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Saving Our Children From Poverty compares the American aversion to national assistance programs with the French commitment to child well-being. Americans' lack of faith in the federal government, a growing resistance to taxation, and a belief that financial support encourages irresponsibility have weakened support for U.S. welfare programs. Saving Our Children From Poverty illustrates what a nation no wealthier than ours can realistically accomplish and concludes with a viable blueprint for successfully applying aspects of France's system to the United States. Its insights may help us to realize the importance of helping America's most undeserving poor.
Physical Description:1 online resource (198 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781610440455