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TL;DR: A new wave of welfare reform is moving forward at a time in history when the nation needs to reevaluate both the older and the more recent approaches for assuring income to families which are unable to earn an adequate minimum income on their own as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: A new wave of welfare reform is moving forward at a time in history when the nation needs to reevaluate both the older and the more recent approaches for assuring income to families which are unable to earn an adequate minimum income on their own. This article briefly describes various types of income-maintenance programs now in operation in the United States and several that appear worth investigating for possible adoption. It raises and discusses interrelated and often conflicting policy issues involved in evaluating proposals for new programs or reforming old ones. Finally, it discusses policy issues involved in evaluating welfare reform proposals from a broader perspective, which is necessary in light of the increasing interrelation of various income maintenance programs and their spillover effects on the total income-maintenance system.

4 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, a point voting system with declining weights on votes is proposed for the representation of spillover interests among governments in a federalist system, which is based on Musgrave's proposal of varying benefit taxes to solve the problems caused by intergovernmental spillovers.
Abstract: In this paper we present a point voting system with declining weights on votes Abstract for the representation of spillover interests among governments in a federalist system. In theory our model represents a formalization in terms of voting of Musgrave's proposal of varying benefit taxes to solve the problems caused by intergovernmental spillovers. We apply the voting system to a case of benefit incidence that tapers off spatially from a point of supply, although the principle involved can be generally applied to the whole range of benefit and cost spillover activities on expenditure items among governments on the same or differ ent levels. An important conclusion of our analysis is that there should ration ally be two-way representation and regional partial voting rights in the theory and practice of fiscal federalism.

2 citations