Pouring Liberal Wine into Conservative Bottles Strategy and Policies

by Seidman, Laurence S.

• ISBN13: 9780761833260
• ISBN10: 0761833269
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-09
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Liberals and conservatives will never agree on many things, and in his new book, Laurence Seidman does not pretend otherwise. Instead, using evidence of successful government actions such as the earned income tax credit (EITC), which was conceived as a work bonus by conservatives and was sufficiently funded by liberals, Pouring Liberal Wine Into Conservative Bottles is a critical, and hopeful, examination of public policy.

Author Biography

Laurence S. Seidman is the Chaplin Tyler Professor or Economics at the University of Delaware

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
1 Pouring Liberal Wine Into Conservative Bottles	1	(4)
2 The Lesson of the Earned Income Tax Credit	5	(15)
3 The Refundable Tax Credit Strategy	20	(16)
4 Refundable Tax Credits for Saving and Education	36	(12)
5 Responsible Health Insurance	48	(17)
6 Social Security Reform	65	(12)
7 Fiscal Discipline and a New Automatic Stabilizer	77	(13)
8 A Progressive Consumption Surtax	90	(9)
9 A Progressive Value-Added Tax	99	(16)
10 Medicare Reform	115	(10)
11 A Refundable Tax Credit for the Environment	125	(14)
References	139	(4)
About the Author	143