After-Acquired Income and Contributions by Australian Bankrupts: Can Pay, Should Pay, Making Them Pay!

Making Work Pay

In the 1990s, many states liberalized statutory rules regarding the tax treatment of earned and unearned income for welfare program eligibility and benefit levels. I use quality control data from the AFDC/TANF program over 1983–2002 to document changes in the corresponding effective tax rates and benefit guarantees. After welfare reform I find that effective tax rates fell by 50 percent on earn...

Making Content Delivery Pay

The Internet has become a multi-purpose network capable of providing many services to a variety of geographies and population. Content delivery of digital content covers many possibilities from music and video to published papers and e-Books, and also wide ranging services and applications. This paper describes the challenges of providing the infrastructure required to make digital content deli...

Can't pay, must pay.

editorial editorial l ong ago, in a political galaxy far away, i was educated at one of the world's elite universities. neither i, nor my middle-class parents, paid a penny in upfront fees for this privilege. in fact, the state—or more precisely my local municipality—paid me a substantial 'maintenance grant' every term which covered my room in college, living expenses, books and other study ess...

Can't pay, won't pay.

Should higher income beneficiaries pay more for Medicare?

As Medicare cost increase, policymakers are searching for equitable ways to secure the program's financial base. Proposals that would require higher-income Medicare beneficiaries to pay a higher proportion of the program's costs are designed to increase beneficiaries' contribution without placing an unacceptable financial burden on those least able to afford it. Designing and implementing suc...