Taxing the Poor: Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged Volume 7

(Part of the Wildavsky Forum Series Series)

by Katherine S. Newman, Rourke L. O'Brien, Rourke O'Brien, et al.

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This book looks at the way we tax the poor in the United States, particularly in the American South, where poor families are often subject to income taxes, and where regressive sales taxes apply even to food for home consumption. Katherine S. Newman and Rourke L. O'Brien argue that these policies contribute in unrecognized ways to poverty-related problems like obesity, early mortality, the high school dropout rates, teen pregnancy, and crime. They...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520269675

ISBN13:9780520269675

Release Date:February 2011

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.1"

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Business Business & Investing Cultural Discrimination & Racism Economics Politics & Government Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences Taxation

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