Download or read book Automatic Government written by R. Kent Weaver and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most dramatic and least studied policy changes of the past twenty years is the increased use of indexing—automatic adjustments for inflation—in federal programs. Currently, programs comprising more than one-third of the federal budget have indexing provisions. The growth of indexing is all the more remarkable since it appears to conflict with the electoral interests of most politicians. Without indexing, legislators can vote for popular increases in social security benefits, federal pay, and other programs during election years and claim credit with their constituents for doing so. Indexing tends to keep such votes off the agenda. Why would politicians renounce these credit-claiming opportunities instead of embracing them? R. Kent Weaver examines the reasons for the growth of indexing in federal programs and its consequences for current policy. He focuses on indexing debates in six policy areas: social security, food stamps, congressional pay, dairy price supports, the minimum wage, and federal income tax brackets. Weaver argues that to understand indexation policy—and policymaking in general—we must broaden our understanding of policymakers' motivations. They have often given up opportunities to claim credit because they are even more concerned with avoiding blame for unpopular decisions and outcomes. Politicians' efforts to avoid blame for unpopular actions not only have determined whether indexing proposals were adopted, but have also shaped the effects of indexing on programs where it was adopted. Weaver shows that the effects of indexing have varied substantially across programs, and he suggests guidelines for the future use of indexing in federal programs.

Download or read book Indexing and the Federal Budget written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget. Task Force on Entitlements, Uncontrollables, and Indexing and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Indexing the Individual Income Tax for Inflation written by Hyman Sanders and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Indexing and the Federal Budget written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget. Task Force on Entitlements, Uncontrollables, and Indexing and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book What Can be Done to Check the Growth of Federal Entitlement and Indexed Spending written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Budget Options written by United States. Congressional Budget Office and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Glossary of Terms Used in the Federal Budget Process written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1993-12 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A basic reference document for persons interested in the federal budget-making process. Emphasizes budget terms in addition to relevant economic and accounting terms to help the user appreciate the dynamics of the budget process. Also distinguishes between any differences in budgetary and non-budgetary meanings of terms. Over 300 terms defined. Index. Appendices: overview of the federal budget process, budget functional classification, and more.

Download or read book The Government We Deserve written by C. Eugene Steuerle and published by The Urban Insitute. This book was released on 1998 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes a visionary look at what it will take to create a constructive national dialog on political choices that the next decade will bring. Explores a sweeping range of concerns and describes eight proposals that would return ownership of the government to the American majority, with chapters on the government's changing capacity to respond, the changing political process, the role of the public sector, and the changing shape of US federalism. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book The Federal Budget written by Aaron Bernard Wildavsky and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Impact of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act and the Proposed Fiscal Year 1983 Budget Cuts on Entitlements Uncontrollables and Indexing written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget. Task Force on Entitlements, Uncontrollables, and Indexing and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Budget and Economic Outlook written by Congressional Budget Office and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reports on the state of the United States economy and the Federal budget.

Download or read book Federal Government Productivity Summary Data Fiscal Year 1967 84 written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Toward a More Accurate Measure of the Cost of Living written by Michael J. Boskin and published by . This book was released on 1996-06 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A report to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee from the Advisory Commission to Study the Consumer Price Index. Includes: introduction on the cost of living; indexing the federal budget; how the CPI (consumer price index) is constructed; the consumer price index and a cost of living index; quality change and new products; estimates of biases by type and in total; other issues; the Commission's recommendations; conclusion, and references. Charts and tables. List of Commission members.

Download or read book Matching Needs and Resources written by Murray L. Weidenbaum and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications Cumulative Index written by United States. Superintendent of Documents and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 1408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Balance the Federal Budget written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Government at a Glance 2021 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-09 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2021 edition includes input indicators on public finance and employment; process indicators include data on institutions, budgeting practices, human resources management, regulatory governance, public procurement, governance of infrastructure, public sector integrity, open government and digital government. Outcome indicators cover core government results (e.g. trust, political efficacy, inequality reduction) and indicators on access, responsiveness, quality and satisfaction for the education, health and justice sectors.