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Automatic Government - The Politics of Indexation (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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Automatic Government - The Politics of Indexation (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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One of the most dramatic and least studied policy changes of the
past twenty years is the increased use of indexing-automatic
adjustments for inflation-in federal programs. Currently, programs
comprising more than one-third of the federal budget have indexing
provisions. The growth of indexing is all the more remarkable since
it appears to conflict with the electoral interests of most
politicians. Without indexing, legislators can vote for popular
increases in social security benefits, federal pay, and other
programs during election years and claim credit with their
constituents for doing so. Indexing tends to keep such votes off
the agenda. Why would politicians renounce these credit-claiming
opportunities instead of embracing them? R. Kent Weaver examines
the reasons for the growth of indexing in federal programs and its
consequences for current policy. He focuses on indexing debates in
six policy areas: social security, food stamps, congressional pay,
dairy price supports, the minimum wage, and federal income tax
brackets. Weaver argues that to understand indexation policy-and
policymaking in general-we must broaden our understanding of
policymakers' motivations. They have often given up opportunities
to claim credit because they are even more concerned with avoiding
blame for unpopular decisions and outcomes. Politicians' efforts to
avoid blame for unpopular actions not only have determined whether
indexing proposals were adopted, but have also shaped the effects
of indexing on programs where it was adopted. Weaver shows that the
effects of indexing have varied substantially across programs, and
he suggests guidelines for the future use of indexing in federal
programs.
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