Starving the Beast: Using Tax Policy and Governmental Budgeting to Drive Social Policy

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Hageman ◽  
Vicky Arnold ◽  
Steve G. Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Tax Policy ◽  
Governmental Budgeting

scholarly journals Selected Social Policy Instruments in Relation to Tax Policy

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimíra Žofčinová ◽  
Zuzana Horváthová ◽  
Andrea Čajková
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Tax Policy ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Social Function ◽  
The State ◽  
Tax Collection ◽  
Subsistence Minimum ◽  
The Social

Tax sovereignty is now an expression of the phenomenon of state power. In general, there is a widespread but also accepted view that a citizen is dependent on the state and the state is dependent on tax resources. The social status of a citizen in the state is of great importance; it affects the development of personality and, last but not least, reflects the degree of democracy acquired in a particular state. Various tax law measures for the benefit of the citizen are important for the identification of social behavior and are an attempt to improve certain ways of life. The aim and ambition of this article is to emphasize the tools of social policy (e.g., minimum wage, subsistence minimum, social right to work) that are related to the social function of taxing income. In this context, the authors deal with a social function of tax collection and imposing of taxes, justice in taxation, and point out social aspects of the system of taxes in the Slovak Republic. In this article, the authors present the attitudes of both critics and proponents. It also deals with tax justice, which is often a category subjective to the evaluator. The benchmarking attribute of tax collection should be that citizens will have the certainty of social justice in the state and will therefore pay attention to the minimum wage and subsistence minimum as an integral part of tax policy under the legal conditions of the Slovak Republic. All tax legislation, especially tax reform, is perceived with a certain sensitivity regarding tax subjects.

Tax Policy as Social Policy: Cafeteria Plans, 1978–1985

1987 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 609-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel M. Fox ◽  
Daniel C. Schaffer
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Tax Policy

Starving the Beast: Using Tax Policy and Governmental Budgeting to Drive Social Policy

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy M. Hageman ◽  
Vicky Arnold ◽  
Steve G. Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Tax Policy ◽  
Wealth Distribution ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Leo Strauss ◽  
Effect Change ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Social Agenda ◽  
Anthropological Study ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

ABSTRACT: This study explores the philosophical and theoretical bases underlying U.S. tax and social policy for over 25 years in order to develop a comprehensive framework from which to evaluate the intended and actual effects on wealth distribution and social policy overall. The framework provides a basis for understanding the overarching social agenda of neoconservative leadership as it advocates what has become known as Starve the Beast (STB). The STB strategy focuses on altering taxation structures in order to facilitate desired reallocations in government budgets to effect change in social policy. This study explores the roots of STB beginning with the political philosophy of Leo Strauss, followed by the adaptation of Strauss's philosophy by Irving Kristol (the godfather of neoconservatism) in establishing the basic tenets of neoconservative political theory, and the marriage of neoconservatism with supply-side economics to increase popular support. Through this anthropological study, 11 propositions evolve during the development of a comprehensive view of a complex social policy underlying STB strategies designed to promote wealth retention, less progressive tax rate structures, less spending on social programs, and greater national focus on defense, security, and patriotism. The resulting framework has implications for future tax policy research, as well as enhancing our understanding of the influence of the neoconservative movement on the greater accounting environment.

Social Policy Influences in the Field of Tax Policy

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petre LLzzroiu ◽  
Ioniia Cochinnu
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Tax Policy

Joint Approaches to Social Policy

1988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Challis ◽  
Susan Fuller ◽  
Melanie Henwood ◽  
Rudolf Klein ◽  
William Plowden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy

How to influence social policy affecting children and families.

1984 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Zigler ◽  
Susan Muenchow
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Children And Families
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