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The Poor Demand a Living The Poor Demand a Living
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Framing the Poverty Issue: Welfare and Wages Framing the Poverty Issue: Welfare and Wages
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Nixon Proposes a Guaranteed Income Nixon Proposes a Guaranteed Income
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Was a Guaranteed Income a Good Idea?: The Pros and Cons of fap Was a Guaranteed Income a Good Idea?: The Pros and Cons of fap
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Who Zapped fap? Who Zapped fap?
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The Welfare State Grows, 1972–1976 The Welfare State Grows, 1972–1976
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Supplemental Security Income: A Guaranteed Income after All Supplemental Security Income: A Guaranteed Income after All
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Social Security: A Model American Welfare Program Social Security: A Model American Welfare Program
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A Negative Income Tax: The Good and the Bad of the Earned Income Tax Credit A Negative Income Tax: The Good and the Bad of the Earned Income Tax Credit
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From “Scrooge Stamps” to a Kind of Guarantee From “Scrooge Stamps” to a Kind of Guarantee
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The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and Humphrey-Hawkins: Missed Opportunities for Jobs The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and Humphrey-Hawkins: Missed Opportunities for Jobs
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Social Spending and Liberal and Conservative Politics in the 70s Social Spending and Liberal and Conservative Politics in the 70s
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Jimmy Carter, Democratic Liberalism, and Hard Times for the Poor Jimmy Carter, Democratic Liberalism, and Hard Times for the Poor
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Six The Politics of Poverty and Welfare in the 70s: From Nixon to Carter
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Published:September 2007
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Abstract
This chapter examines the politics of poverty and welfare in the United States during the 1970s, from the time of Richard Nixon to Jimmy Carter. It begins with an overview of Aid to Families with Dependent Children, introduced in 1935 as a section of the Social Security Act, and then turns to Nixon's proposed radical improvements in the welfare system, including a guaranteed income. In particular, the chapter discusses Nixon's Family Assistance Plan, and its pros and cons. It considers the reasons for the success of conservatism, which, along with resistance to the welfare state, was associated with the Republican Party. Instead of stumbling due to Nixon's Watergate resignation, Republicanism received a boost from the economic crisis of the 1970s. The chapter also explains the role of the Vietnam War fiasco, race issues, and the limits of liberalism's consensus economics in rebuilding the Republican Party. Finally, it analyzes the growth of the welfare state between 1972 and 1976.
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