Author: Melvin B. Mogulof
Publisher:
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Category : Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Author: United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
Publisher:
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Category : Grants-in-aid
Languages : en
Pages : 76

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Author: Martha Derthick
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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Monograph on public expenditure in the USA for subsidyzing state-level (local level) social services and social assistance programmes - examines the legal aspects and financial aspects of the social service grants-in-aid programme, etc., and provides insights into the workings of bureaucracy. References and statistical tables.

Author: Paul Terrell
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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Author: United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
Publisher:
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Category : Grants-in-aid
Languages : en
Pages : 76

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Author: United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy
Publisher:
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Category : Federal aid to public welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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Author: David A. Caputo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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Author: United States. Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish-Speaking People
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Category : Hispanic Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Category : Social service
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Author: Christopher G. Faricy
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 0871544407
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 170

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Despite high levels of inequality and wage stagnation over several decades, the United States has done relatively little to address these problems—at least in part due to public opinion, which remains highly influential in determining the size and scope of social welfare programs that provide direct benefits to retirees, unemployed workers or poor families. On the other hand, social tax expenditures—or tax subsidies that help citizens pay for expenses such as health insurance or the cost of college and invest in retirement plans—have been widely and successfully implemented, and they now comprise nearly 40 percent of the spending of the American social welfare state. In The Other Side of the Coin, political scientists Christopher Ellis and Christopher Faricy examine public opinion towards social tax expenditures—the other side of the American social welfare state—and their potential to expand support for such social investment. Tax expenditures seek to accomplish many of the goals of direct government expenditures, but they distribute money indirectly, through tax refunds or reductions in taxable income, rather than direct payments on goods and services or benefits. They tend to privilege market-based solutions to social problems such as employer-based tax subsidies for purchasing health insurance versus government-provided health insurance. Drawing on nationally representative surveys and survey experiments, Ellis and Faricy show that social welfare policies designed as tax expenditures, as opposed to direct spending on social welfare programs, are widely popular with the general public. Contrary to previous research suggesting that recipients of these subsidies are often unaware of indirect government aid—sometimes called “the hidden welfare state”—Ellis and Faricy find that citizens are well aware of them and act in their economic self-interest in supporting tax breaks for social welfare purposes. The authors find that many people view the beneficiaries of social tax expenditures to be more deserving of government aid than recipients of direct public social programs, indicating that how government benefits are delivered affects people’s views of recipients’ worthiness. Importantly, tax expenditures are more likely to appeal to citizens with anti-government attitudes, low levels of trust in government, or racial prejudices. As a result, social spending conducted through the tax code is likely to be far more popular than direct government spending on public programs that have the same goals. The first empirical examination of the broad popularity of tax expenditures, The Other Side of the Coin provides compelling insights into constructing a politically feasible—and potentially bipartisan—way to expand the scope of the American welfare state.