TY  - JOUR
T1  - Expanding the Discourse on Antipoverty Policy: Reconsidering a Negative Income Tax
JF  - Journal of Poverty
Y1  - 2015
A1  - Jessica Wiederspan
A1  - Elizabeth Rhodes
A1  - H. Luke Shaefer
KW  - economic well-being
KW  - poverty alleviation
KW  - public policy
KW  - social welfare policy
AB  - This article proposes that advocates for the poor consider the replacement of the current means-tested safety net in the United States with a Negative Income Tax (NIT), a guaranteed income program that lifts families’ incomes above a minimum threshold. The article highlights gaps in service provision that leave millions in poverty, explains how a NIT could help fill those gaps, and compares current expenditures on major means-tested programs to estimated expenditures necessary for a NIT. Finally, it addresses the financial and political concerns that are likely to arise in the event that a NIT proposal gains traction among policy makers.
VL  - 19
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2014.991889
ER  -