POLS 3510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Local Income Tax In Scotland, Working Poor, Alternative Minimum Tax
2 Nov 2017
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Incentivized people depending on government assistance to prepare for a job clinton era: compromise between clinton and his republican congress: huge change: removal of afdc. People who believe they pay too much are likely to favor bush tax cuts. People who believe the government is wasteful support tax cuts: more informed respondent expressed negative views about the tax cuts, most voters cannot be trusted with understanding the complexity of tax policy. Hacker and pierson: abandoning the middle: the bust tax cuts and the limits of democratic. Control : lack of democratic control because tax cuts are at odds with public preference, policymakers highlighted benefits while disguising others, distortions reduce the apparent costs, policy manipulation favors policy designers" long-term interests. Trump tax plan: revenue bills originate in the house ways and means committee. Debt limit increase: reduced expenditures, entitlement programs, welfare, environmental protection, education.
