The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives (57 page)
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Authors: Sasha Abramsky
Tags: #Non-Fiction, #Politics, #Sociology, #History
See also
Disability insurance
;
Educational Opportunity Fund
;
Medicare
;
Public Works Fund
;
Social Security
;
Supplemental Security Income
;
Unemployment insurance
Social programs
and application process,
132
barriers to accessing,
105
,
132–136
,
144–146
,
151–153
,
179
,
221–223
cuts in,
119–122
,
148–151
,
152–153
dismantling of,
103
and drug tests,
135–136
in the South,
70–71
See also individual programs
;
Safety net
;
Welfare
Social Security,
71
,
72
,
200
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201
,
210
,
311
,
313–315
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315–316
,
316–317
.
See also
Educational Opportunity Fund
;
Social insurance
;
Supplemental Security Income
and anti-government, anti-tax rhetoric,
69
,
70
and food assistance,
75
health insurance in,
69–70
social programs in,
70–71
and taxes,
68–69
and Temporary Aid to Needy Families,
106
South Carolina,
103
,
106
,
131
,
135
Southwestern border towns,
96
SSI.
See
Supplemental Security Income
St. Louis,
10
State banks,
201–202
,
263–266
.
See also
Banks/bankers
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP),
229
Stephens, Ken,
222
Stereotypes,
138
Stieglitz, Joseph,
32–33
Stockton, California,
58
Struznick, Sandy and John,
27–28
Student Loan Forgiveness Act,
260
Student loan reform,
260–263
The Submerged State
(Mettler),
136
Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program.
See
Food stamp program
Supplemental Security Income (SSI),
210
,
228
,
314
Sweden,
51
Talk radio, conservative,
44
TANF.
See
Temporary Aid to Needy Families
Task Force on Economic Growth and Opportunity (U.S. Chamber of Commerce),
31–32
Taxes,
12
,
81–82
,
88
,
199
,
207
,
244–248
,
264
,
266
and anti-government, anti-tax rhetoric,
13
,
51–53
,
69
,
70
cuts in, and the wealthy,
207
and energy policy,
210–211
flat tax,
288
increase in, and the wealthy,
39–40
,
82
,
287–288
payroll tax,
29
,
72–73
,
135
,
200–201
,
257–259
,
303
,
316
and Republicans, congressional,
149
and tax code, changes in,
82
,
201
,
219–220
,
248
,
263
,
288
,
295
,
298
and welfare system, history of,
68–69
See also
Earned Income Tax Credit
Taxing the Poor
(Newman and O’Brien),
220
Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF),
45
,
52
,
105–108
,
110
,
148
,
206
,
217
,
218–219
,
222
,
299
Tennessee,
106
Tennessee Valley Authority,
202
food insecurity in,
179
,
181–182
A Theory of Justice
(Rawls),
31
Toynbee, Arnold,
71
Trade unions,
82–84
,
177–178
,
180
,
182
,
247
,
297–298
Trejo, Javier,
261
Truman, Harry,
72–73
Tucson, Arizona,
169–170
Tulare County, California,
99
211 hotline,
229
Unemployment insurance,
28
,
29
,
30
,
135
,
201
.
See also
Social insurance
United Airlines,
312
Urban farms, in Detroit,
128–129
,
185
,
266
Urquiaga, Angela,
60
U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network,
249
U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
52
,
178
,
179
,
180
,
205
Task Force on Economic Growth and Opportunity,
31–32
U.S. Department of Commerce,
253
U.S. Department of Education,
47
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
253
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
47
U.S. Department of Labor,
254–255
Women’s Bureau,
264–265
U.S. Department of the Treasury,
253
Utah,
178
Vasquez, Mary,
180–181
,
182–183
,
292
Veterans,
86
Victoria, Queen,
70
Village Academy experimental high school, Pomona, California,
20–22
Wage protection,
12
Wages, low,
180–183
,
292–294
.
See also
Earned Income Tax Credit
;
Living wage
;
Minimum wage
Wagner Act,
83
Walker, Scott,
180
Wallace, Henry,
73
War on Poverty,
75
,
77
,
78
,
81
,
86
,
101
failure of,
205–213
War on Poverty, new,
121
,
196–197
,
198
Wealth
accumulation of,
64–65
concentration of,
26–27
,
32–34
,
53–54
and tax cuts for the wealthy,
207
and tax increases on the wealthy,
39–40
,
82
,
287–288
Weber, Max,
64
barriers to accessing,
105
(
see also under
Social programs
)
and benefit cuts,
117
and benefit levels, decline in,
105–110
See also individual social programs;
Safety net
;
Social programs
Welfare system, history of,
66–82
Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community
(King),
79
Williams, Mark and Theresa,
169–170
Wisconsin,
180
Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative (WWBI),
253
Work trust fund,
201
“Workfare for Food Stamps?” (DiMause),
222
Working poor,
30–31
Works Progress Administration,
302
,
303
Wright, Pastor Royce,
178
WWBI.
See
Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative
Wyoming,
107
Zelleke, Almaz,
249–251
,
290–291
Zerzan, Barbara,
108–109
Ziliak, Jim,
55–56
,
131–132
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153
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204–205
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218
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