The Permanent Tax Revolt: How the Property Tax Transformed American Politics

Tax cuts are such a pervasive feature of the American political landscape that the political establishment rarely...
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Author: Isaac William Martin
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The Permanent Tax Revolt: How the Property Tax Transformed American Politics by Martin, Isaac William

The Permanent Tax Revolt: How the Property Tax Transformed American Politics

€39,69

The Permanent Tax Revolt: How the Property Tax Transformed American Politics

€39,69
Author: Isaac William Martin
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Tax cuts are such a pervasive feature of the American political landscape that the political establishment rarely questions them. Since 2001, Congress has abolished the tax on inherited wealth and passed a major income tax cut every year, including two of the three largest income tax cuts in American history despite a long drawn-out war and massive budget deficits. The Permanent Tax Revolt traces the origins of this anti-tax campaign to the 1970s, in particular, to the influence of grassroots tax rebellions as homeowners across the United States rallied to protest their local property taxes.

Isaac William Martin advances the provocative new argument that the property tax revolt was not a conservative backlash against big government, but instead a defensive movement for government protection from the market. The tax privilege that the tax rebels were defending was in fact one of the largest government social programs in the postwar era.

While the movement to defend homeowners' tax breaks drew much of its inspiration--and many of its early leaders--from the progressive movement for welfare rights, politicians on both sides of the aisle quickly learned that supporting big tax cuts was good politics. In time, American political institutions and the strategic choices made by the protesters ultimately channeled the movement toward the kind of tax relief favored by the political right, with dramatic consequences for American politics today.



Author: Isaac William Martin
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 03/05/2008
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.83h x 6.09w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780804758710


Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2008 pg. 135
Choice 02/01/2009

About the Author
Isaac William Martin is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego.

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