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A Two-Tiered Welfare State

In: Welfare Doesn't Work

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  • Leah Hamilton

    (Appalachian State University)

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The eligibility rules, sanctions, and privacy intrusions discussed in previous chapters only exist in programs aimed at low-income families. None of these features can be found in programs aimed at middle- or upper-income families, which constitute much greater proportions of the total federal budget. Possible explanations for this double standard include the application of ascetic values to needy families and lower levels of empathy across racial groups. The two tiers of social policy have detrimental effects to all Americans. Basic-income advocates argue that the only way to address unfair social policy is to replace significant pieces of it with one, universal system.

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  • Leah Hamilton, 2020. "A Two-Tiered Welfare State," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Welfare Doesn't Work, chapter 0, pages 93-106, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:etbchp:978-3-030-37121-0_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-37121-0_6
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