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

Author: Gitterman, Daniel Paul.

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

Descriptionxi, 180 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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