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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gitterman, Daniel Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working poor--Government policy--United States.

Working poor.

Working poor--Taxation--United States.

Minimum wage--United States.

Minimum wage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612546808

9781282546806

1282546805

9780815704584

0815704585

OCLC:

557661274