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Putting Trust in the US Budget
Eric M. Patashnik
其他書名
Federal Trust Funds and the Politics of Commitment
出版Cambridge University Press, 2000
主題Business & Economics / InfrastructureBusiness & Economics / Public FinanceLaw / Pension LawPolitical Science / Public Policy / Economic PolicyPolitical Science / Public Policy / Social SecurityPolitical Science / American Government / NationalPolitical Science / American Government / General
ISBN05217774889780521777483
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=75wl3RqlIKcC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In the United States many important programs are paid from trust funds. At a time when major social insurance funds are facing insolvency, this book provided the first comprehensive study of this significant yet little-studied feature of the American welfare state. Equally importantly, the author investigates an enduring issue in democratic politics: can current officeholders bind their successors? By law, trust funds, which get most of their money from earmarked taxes, are restricted for specific uses. Patashnik asks why these structures were created, and how they have affected political dynamics. He argues that officeholders have used trust funds primarily to reduce political uncertainty, and bind distant futures. Based on detailed case studies of trust funds in a number of policy sectors, he shows how political commitment is a developmental process, whereby precommitments shape the content of future political conflicts. This book will be of interest to students of public policy, political economy and American political development.