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Tax and spend : the welfare state, tax politics, and the limits of American liberalism /

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Taxes dominate contemporary American politics. Yet while many rail against big government, few Americans are prepared to give up the benefits they receive from the state. In Tax and Spend, historian Molly C. Michelmore examines an unexpected source of this contradiction and shows why many Americans...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michelmore, Molly C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2012]
Series:Politics and culture in modern America.
Subjects:
Taxation > United States > History > 20th century.
Welfare state > United States > History > 20th century.
Taxation > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Welfare state > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
United States > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Defending the welfare and taxing state
  • Market failure
  • Things fall apart
  • Fed up with taxes
  • Game over
  • Epilogue: stalemate.