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Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:08 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Off the Charts Blog Post: Kansas' Big and Damaging Tax Cut http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 22 May 2012 11:09:18 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: After Welfare Reform, the Poorest Families Had More Trouble Paying Bills http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 22 May 2012 14:41:14 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Key Tax System Concepts, Explained http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 18 May 2012 15:03:30 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Greenstein's Take on Boehner's Statement http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 17 May 2012 14:34:28 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Statement by Robert Greenstein, President, on Speaker Boehner's Recent Remarks Concerning the Debt Limit No one should underestimate the significance of House Speaker John Boehner's declaration yesterday that he will block an increase in the debt limit next winter unless policymakers match each dollar of debt limit increase with at least a dollar in budget cuts, with no revenue increases. This standard, which key Republican leaders have said they will insist on for all future debt limit increases, would both produce extreme policies and repeat these lawmakers' hostage-taking strategy of last … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/r9n6ZQAkaVE/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3779 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:21:26 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3779 Off the Charts Blog Post: Don't Blame the Safety Net http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:40:22 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Are Low-Income Programs Enlarging the Nation's Long-Term Fiscal Problem? Several conservative analysts and some journalists lately have cited figures showing substantial growth in recent years in the cost of federal programs for low-income Americans. These figures can create the mistaken impression that growth in low-income programs is a major contributor to the nation’s long-term fiscal problems. In reality, virtually all of the recent growth in spending for means-tested programs is due to two factors: the economic downturn and rising costs … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/JwgjOKTFDco/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3772 Thu, 10 May 2012 11:25:00 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3772 Off the Charts Blog Post: A “Small Improvement” Worth Making http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:00:56 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Toomey Budget Similar to House-Passed Ryan Budget The Senate may take up, as early as this week, a budget proposal from Senator Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)[1] that is similar in most important respects to the budget resolution from House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), which the House passed on March 29. [2] Like the Ryan budget, the Toomey plan (S. Con. Res. 37) would protect and extend tax cuts that disproportionately benefit higher-income Americans, while reducing deficits through steep cuts in programs that benefit … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/pQRvOtwtO6g/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3771 Wed, 09 May 2012 13:06:59 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3771 Off the Charts Blog Post: Video: Jared Bernstein and Chye-Ching Huang Discuss Tax Rates and the Economy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 08 May 2012 16:40:57 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Efforts to Boost Outcomes for Children with Disabilities Should Build Upon SSI's Foundation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 08 May 2012 10:10:42 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Testimony of Stacy Dean, Vice President for Food Assistance Policy, Before the House Committee on Agriculture's Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture Thank you for the invitation to testify today. I am Stacy Dean, Vice President for Food Assistance Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan policy institute located here in Washington. The Center is an independent, non-profit policy institute that conducts research and analysis on a range of federal and state policy issues affecting low- and moderate-income families. The Center's food assistance work focuses on improving the effectiveness of the major … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/pmvDWdGE398/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3768 Tue, 08 May 2012 11:03:35 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3768 Eliminating Social Services Block Grant Would Weaken Services for Vulnerable Children, Adults, and Disabled To help generate the savings required by the House-approved budget, the House Ways and Means Committee voted on April 18 to eliminate the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), a uniquely flexible funding source that helps states meet the specialized needs of their most vulnerable populations, primarily low- and moderate-income children and people who are elderly or disabled (see Figure 1 and Appendix A).[1] States use the $1.7 billion-a-year grant to support services designed to help people … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/DbY2zluLw1U/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3765 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:45:13 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3765 Eliminating Social Services Block Grant Would Weaken Services for Vulnerable Children, Adults and Disabled To help generate the savings required by the House-approved budget, the House Ways and Means Committee voted on April 18 to eliminate the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), a uniquely flexible funding source that helps states meet the specialized needs of their most vulnerable populations, primarily low- and moderate-income children and people who are elderly or disabled (see Figure 1 and Appendix A).[1] States use the $1.7 billion-a-year grant to support services designed to help people … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/DbY2zluLw1U/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3765 Thu, 03 May 2012 17:31:07 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3765 Off the Charts Blog Post: The Reality of Raising Taxes at the Top, Part 5: Can Tax Increases Help Economic Growth? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 01 May 2012 09:45:00 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: The House Considers Food Stamps and Taxes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:56:40 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Greenstein on the Safety Net, Part 1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:11:18 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Testimony: Robert Greenstein Before the House Budget Committee Hearing on Strengthening the Safety Net Thank you for the invitation to testify today. I am Bob Greenstein, head of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a policy institute located here in Washington. I also served many years ago as Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service at USDA, which operates SNAP (then called food stamps) and other domestic food assistance programs My testimony covers several related issues: a look at the functioning of the safety net as a whole; a more intensive focus on … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/8I8SP0n81rY/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3745 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:26:09 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3745 Off the Charts Blog Post: Thinking About Tax Policy, Part 4: Ryan Plan a Costly Step in the Wrong Direction http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:19:39 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: "Double-Counting" Canard Quacks Again http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:44:29 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Chartbook: SNAP Helps Struggling Families Put Food On The Table The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program. SNAP reaches millions of people in need of food assistance. It is one of the few means-tested government benefit programs available to almost all households with low incomes. For more detail on the program’s basics, see http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=2226. SNAP is an efficient part of the nationwide safety net. Payment … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/NEDRIctiFkI/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3744 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:14:30 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3744 Blog Post: Low-Income Programs Would Bear the Brunt of Ryan Cuts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/TVi9UX0i5Vo/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3725 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:43:14 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3725 Chairman Ryan Gets 62 Percent of His Huge Budget Cuts from Programs for Lower-Income Americans House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget plan would get at least 62 percent of its $5.3 trillion in nondefense budget cuts over ten years (relative to a continuation of current policies) from programs that serve people of limited means. This stands a core principle of President Obama’s fiscal commission on its head and violates basic principles of fairness. Not much has changed on this front from Chairman Ryan’s fiscal year 2012 budget plan released a … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/YOOHU8zDPls/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3723 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:15:01 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3723 Blog Post: Greenstein on the Ryan Budget We’ve issued a statement from Robert Greenstein on the budget from House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan. Here’s the opening: The new Ryan budget is a remarkable document — one that, for most of the past half-century, would have been outside the bounds of mainstream discussion due to its extreme nature. In essence, this budget is Robin Hood in reverse — on steroids. It would likely produce the largest redistribution of income from the bottom to the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/W4EBO8jHDhc/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3713 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:17:04 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3713 Statement of Robert Greenstein, President, on Chairman Ryan's Budget Plan The new Ryan budget is a remarkable document — one that, for most of the past half-century, would have been outside the bounds of mainstream discussion due to its extreme nature. In essence, this budget is Robin Hood in reverse — on steroids. It would likely produce the largest redistribution of income from the bottom to the top in modern U.S. history and likely increase poverty and inequality more than any other budget in recent times (and possibly in the nation’s … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/s23D79qC9N0/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3712 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:40:23 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3712