Arms Revenue And Entitlements

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In the second half of the twentieth century, strategic and economic conditions compelled the U.S. government to start running budget deficits on a permanent basis. A new role of global leadership in containing communism required a robust military establishment. The federal government overwhelmingly relied for general revenue on an income tax code that also could not impede economic growth. And general revenue increasingly funded transfer payments in an expanding entitlement state. Fiscal overstretch resulted in unending deficits that continue to this day. At first the shift to deficit normality was not obvious. The Truman and Eisenhower administrations attempted to hold the line on deficits, but this commitment gradually waned in subsequent years. Arms, Revenue, and Entitlements: U.S. Deficits in the Cold War, 1945–1991 looks at the Cold War era from a budgetary perspective and how defense spending, income tax reductions, and entitlement programs all contributed to the emergence of the deficit normative state. As national debt continues to climb in the twenty-first century, Arms, Revenue, and Entitlements shows how the U.S. reached this point and how a comprehensive policy approach might again restore fiscal stability.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : William Mannen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release : 2020-07-02
File : 199 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781793607102



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Publisher : CCH Australia Limited
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File : 2785 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781921873676


Monthly Catalog Of United States Government Publications

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Genre : Government publications
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File : 1386 Pages
ISBN-13 : WISC:89117116400


Gao Documents

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Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.

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Genre : Finance, Public
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
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Release : 1987
File : 720 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCBK:C054356182


Monthly Catalog Of United States Government Publications Cumulative Index

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Genre : United States
Author : United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Release : 1976
File : 1466 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105019598577


Legislative Calendar

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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
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Release : 1986
File : 1048 Pages
ISBN-13 : MINN:31951D008456494


The Alternatives To War

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If states are not to go to war, what should they do instead? In The Alternatives to War, James Pattison considers the case for the alternatives to military action to address mass atrocities and aggression. The volume examines the normative issues raised by measures ranging from comprehensive economic sanctions, diplomacy, and positive incentives, to criminal prosecutions, nonviolent resistance, accepting refugees, and arming rebels. For instance, given the indiscriminateness of many sanctions regimes, are sanctions any better than war? Should states avoid 'megaphone diplomacy' and adopt more subtle measures? What, if anything, can nonviolent methods such as civilian defence and civilian peacekeeping do in the face of a ruthless opponent? Is it a serious concern that positive incentives can appear to reward aggressors? Overall, Pattison provides a comprehensive account of the ethics of the alternatives to war. In doing so, he argues that the case for war is weaker and the case for many of the alternatives is stronger than commonly thought. The upshot is that, when reacting to mass atrocities and aggression, states are generally required to pursue the alternatives to war rather than military action. The volume concludes that this has significant implications for pacifism, just war theory, and the responsibility to protect doctrine.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : James Pattison
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release : 2018-06-03
File : 373 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780191071478


Congressional Record

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Genre : Law
Author : United States. Congress
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Release : 2017
File : 120 Pages
ISBN-13 : PURD:32754085103277


Congressional Record Index

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Includes history of bills and resolutions.

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Genre : Law
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Release : 1975
File : 2232 Pages
ISBN-13 : MINN:31951D02480188R


Monthly Catalogue United States Public Documents

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Genre : Government publications
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Release : 1976
File : 1124 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015022681822