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The balance between state and federal health care financing for low-income people has been a matter of considerable debate for the last 40 years. Some argue for a greater federal role, others for more devolution of responsibility to the states. Medicaid, the backbone of the system, has been plagued by an array of problems that have made [...]

The Food Stamp Program is the most important--and the only universal--component of our safety net and has been studied far more than any other component of the system. This combination makes it a very good model of the tradeoffs that must be made in any social program and the impacts of those choices. It has been more than a decade since [...]

The Food Stamp Program is the most important--and the only universal--component of our safety net and has been studied far more than any other component of the system. This combination makes it a very good model of the tradeoffs that must be made in any social program and the impacts of those choices. It has been more than a decade since [...]

State tax systems have generally not changed dramatically over the last 50 years, yet they are facing profound challenges. Increased international trade, the advent of electronic commerce, evolving federal-state relations, and interstate competition are just some of the developments that will have a powerful influence on how states collec [...]