Welfare Magnets: A New Case for a National Standard

by Paul E. Peterson and Mark C. Rom

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""The best way of handling the question of how much to give the poor, politicians have discovered, is to avoid doing anything about it at all,"" note Paul Peterson and Mark Rom. The issue of the minimum people need in order to live decently is so difficult that Congress has left this crucial question to the states--even though the federal government foots three-fourths of the bill for about 15 million Americans who receive cash and food stamp...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0815770219

ISBN13:9780815770213

Release Date:October 1990

Publisher:Brookings Institution Press

Length:194 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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Business & Investing Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Popular Economics Public Affairs & Policy Public Policy Social Science Social Sciences Social Services & Welfare

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