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Using taxes for redistribution. Sort of.
Social scientists usually point out that the tax system is a fairly clunky way to do much income redistribution. It is too easy for a tax system to end up full of carefully crafted loopholes, after...
View ArticleRomney´s tax plan: more “redistribution”
Not long ago we talked about how Newt Gingrich´s tax plan as a presidential candidate was a wonderful of example of income redistribution. Upwards, for that matter, as the plan was highly regressive,...
View ArticleWhy block granting Medicaid is a terrible idea
Medicaid has the rare distinction of being one of the most misunderstood Federal programs of the American safety net system. Usually depicted as a program focused on providing health insurance to low...
View ArticleVote: As simple, and critical, as 1, 2, 3.
1. According to the Every Child Matters Education Fund, 6 million Americans did not vote in 2008 because they didn’t know how to register or missed the deadline. National Voter Registration Day,...
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Voters like abstract budget cuts, but support real spending
One thing that political scientists have known for awhile is that voters say that they prefer spending cuts to tax hikes on the abstract, but they are against cutting any specific social program when...
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Why anti-poverty advocacy is important
CAHS is build on two pillars: our program side, working with community based organizations across the state to help low income families become self sufficient, and our policy work, advocating for those...
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