1998 Content Archive

Implementing Individual Exemptions from the Food Stamp Three Month Time Limit
Stacy Dean
12/11/98
37K, 64K-PDF

Frequently Asked Questions About Public Job Creation
Clifford M. Johnson
12/2/98
19K, 6pp

Welfare Recipients Who Find Jobs: What Do We Know About Their Employment and Earnings?
Sharon Parrott
11/16/98
154K, 183K-PDF, 48pp

Assuring That Eligible Families Receive Medicaid When TANF Assistance is Denied or Terminated
Liz Schott and Cindy Mann
11/5/98
82K, 23pp

The Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) Limit and Referendum B: Assessing the Affordability of Public Services and Investment
Nicholas Johnson
10/19/98
32K, 10pp

African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Social Security: The Shortcomings of the Heritage Foundation Reports
Kilolo Kijakazi
Revised, 10/8/98
124K, 35pp

The Internet Tax Freedom Act's "Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce:" Preserving Flexibility to Consider All Options
Michael Mazerov
9/25/98
8K, 6pp

Despite Increases in Tax Receipts, Archer Tax Bill Would Be Funded with Social Security Revenues
Sam Elkin and Robert Greenstein
9/25/98
2K

Poverty Rates Fall, But Remain High for a Period with Such Low Unemployment
Robert Greenstein, Wendell Primus, Kathyrn Porter, Marion Nichols, Kathy Larin, Lynette Rawlings
Revised, 10/8/98
59K, 8pp

Understanding the Joint Tax Committee Report on the Distributional Effects of the Archer Bill
Iris J. Lav and Alan Berube
9/17/98
8K

Archer Tax Proposal Uses Social Security Funds For Inefficient and Poorly Targeted Tax Cuts
Iris J. Lav
Rev. 9/24/98
42K, 100pp

Rising Number of States Offer Earned Income Tax Credits
Nicholas Johnson and Ed Lazere
9/14/98
137K , 27pp

Marriage Penalties and Bonuses in the Income Tax
Iris J. Lav and Alan Berube
9/11/98
116K, 34pp

How Would Various Social Security Reform Plans Affect Social Security Benefits? An Analysis of the Congressional Research Service Report
Kilolo Kijakazi and Robert Greenstein
9/8/98
74K, 21pp

State Choices on Time Limit Policies in TANF-Funded Programs
Liz Schott
9/1/98
72K, 21pp

A Broad-Based TABOR Rebate Maximizes Benefits to Colorado Residents
Nicholas Johnson and Elizabeth C. McNichol
8/26/98
58K, 12pp

Taking the Next Step: States Can Now Take Advantage of Federal Medicaid Matching Funds to Expand Health Care Coverage to Low-income Working Parents - Full Report
Jocelyn Guyer and Cindy Mann
8/20/98
175K-PDF

Work-Study Programs for Welfare Recipients: A Job Creation Strategy that Combines Work and Education
Clifford M. Johnson and Esther Kaggwa
8/18/98
73K, 22pp

Proposed Housing Legislation Would Divert Subsidies From the Working Poor and Weaken Welfare Reform Efforts
Jeff Lubell and Barbara Sard
8/3/98
85K, 18pp

The Budget Surplus, Tax Cuts, and Social Security. (a.k.a.: What Surplus?)
Sam Elkin and Robert Greenstein
Revised 8/3/98
30K , 8pp

Vermont's Community Service Employment Program
Cliff Johnson
7/22/98
21K, 6pp

Medical Savings Account Proposal Poses Serious Risks To Insurance Market and to Less Healthy Individuals While Providing New Tax Shelter for High-Income Taxpayers
Iris J. Lav
7/21/98
10K, 3pp

The House Budget Resolution Threatens Health Care Programs For Low-Income Families and Elderly and Disabled People
Cindy Mann and Jocelyn Guyer
7/15/98
41K , 13pp

Proposed House-Senate Compromise on Income Targeting Would Cut Housing Assistance to Poor Families as Much as 63 Percent
Jeff Lubell and Barbara Sard
7/14/98
50K, 9pp

New Federal Food Stamp Restoration for Legal Immigrants: Implications and Implementation Issues
Kelly Carmody and Stacy Dean
7/10/98
12K, 162K-PDF, 38pp

Consequences of Eliminating the EITC for Childless Workers
Robert Greenstein and Isaac Shapiro
7/9/98
42K, 5pp

Taking the Next Step: State Can Now Expand Health Coverage to Low-Income Working Parents Through Medicaid
Jocelyn Guyer and Cindy Mann
7/2/98
26K, 6pp

IRS Reform Bill Includes New Salvo of Tax Cuts for Wealthy
Iris J. Lav
6/26/98
17K, 5pp

In Search of Shelter: The Growing Shortage of Affordable Rental Housing
Jennifer Daskal
6/15/98
10K PR,270K-PDF, 54pp

House Budget Contains Large Cuts in Low-Income Mandatory Programs Not Included in the Senate Budget
Robert Greenstein and Sam Elkin
6/12/98
39K, 9pp

Federal Welfare-to-Work Grants: New Opportunities to Create Jobs and Assist Non-Custodial Parents
Cliff Johnson
6/9/98
30K

Regional Opportunity Counseling (ROC): Realizing the Promise of Section 8 Mobility
Revised 8/7/98
5K, 4pp

Mandatory Delay in Reissuance of Vouchers Results in up to 40,000 Fewer Families Receiving Housing Assistance Each Year
Revised 8/7/98
5K, 4pp

New Findings From Oregon Suggest Minimum Wage Increases Can Boost Wages for Welfare Recipients Moving to Work
Ed Lazere
5/29/98
43K, 12pp

Roth Amendment Health Insurance Tax Deduction Benefit Higher-Income, Already-Insured Families
Iris J. Lav
5/20/98
8K, 2pp

Are Health Insurance Tax Deductions a Wise Use of Tobacco Tax Revenues?
Iris J. Lav and Cindy Mann
Revised 5/20/98
20K, 6pp

The Impact of the Kasich Budget Plan
Robert Greenstein and Sam Elkin
Revised 5/21/98
37K, 8pp

Using IRA Tax Break to Fund IRS Reform Leaves Revenue Hole When Baby Boomers Retire
Iris J. Lav
5/15/98
24K, 8pp

A Federal "Moratorium" on Internet Commerce Taxes Would Erode State and Local Revenues and Shift Burdens to Lower-Income Households
5/12/98
207K, 63pp

Should States Tax Food?: Examining the Policy Issues and Options
April 1998
295K-PDF, 68pp

Highway Bill Likely to Cut into Funding for Other Non-Defense Discretionary Programs
4/30/98
30K, 11pp

Understanding the Financial Status of the Social Security System in Light of the 1998 Trustees' Report
4/24/98
30K, 5pp

Tax Foundation Figures Produce Misleading and Inaccurate Impressions of Middle Class Tax Burdens
Rev. 4/16/98
60K, 15pp

Don't Let the Tax Foundation Figures Persuade You Otherwise: Taxes on Households in the Middle of the Income Spectrum are Neither Exceptionally High nor Rising
4/15/98
20K

State Income Tax Burdens on Low-Income Families in 1997:
Assessing the Burden and Opportunities for Relief
4/13/98
multiple sections, 50pp

Proposed Constitutional Amendment Would Impede Deficit Reduction and Protect Special Interest Tax Breaks
4/13/98
40K, 14pp

Welfare-to-Work Vouchers: Making Welfare Work
Revised 8/27/98
20K , 6pp

Setting the Record Straight: A Response to the Tax Foundation's Response
4/6/98
31K, 9pp

Reinvesting Welfare Savings: Aiding Needy Families and Strengthening State Welfare Reform
3/30/98
89K, 40pp

A Refundable Earned Income Tax Credit Will Assist Maryland's Working Poor Families
3/16/98
70K, 18pp

Would Using the Budget Surplus For Tax Cuts or Entitlement Expansions Affect Long-Term Social Security Solvency?
3/13/98
54K, 16pp

New Research Findings on the Effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit
3/11/98
70K, 24

The Debate Over Tax Levels: How Much Does a Typical Family Pay?
3/11/98
62K, 16pp

Strengths of the Safety Net: How the EITC, Social Security, and Other Government Programs Affect Poverty
Kathy Porter, Wendell Primus, Lynette Rawlings, Esther Rosenbaum
3/9/98
200K, 80pp

State Earned Income Tax Credits Build on the Strengths of the Federal EITC
2/19/98
70K, 19pp

Comments on HHS' Proposed TANF Regulations
2/18/98
262K-PDF, 97pp

Housing and Welfare Reform: Some Background Information
Rev. 7/16/98
50K , 12pp

Would the Proposed National Tobacco Settlement Compensate the Federal Government Adequately for Tobacco-Related Health Care Costs?
2/13/98
35K, 7pp

Earned Income Tax Credit Outreach Campaign Kit
2/6/98
separate sections

How Big Is the Federal Government - And Would the Administration's Budget Make it Bigger?
2/5/98
100K, 14pp

Federal Government Would Continue to Consume Less of Economy Under Administration's Budget
Rev. 2/5/98
11K, 5pp

The Proposed National Tobacco Settlement and Recovery of Federal Health Care Costs
Revised 2/10/98
49K

Taxpayers Will Have New Tax Cuts Even If No Additional Reductions Are Enacted
1/27/98
7K, 3pp

Developing Innovative Child Support Demonstrations for Non-Custodial Parents
1/9/98
40K