ABSTRACT
The Family Assistance Plan (FAP) is a legislative expression of the effort to reform welfare by applying the principles of negative income taxation to an expanded system of public assistance. (See Lampman proposal, Ch. 5). Justified as a plan for structural change, FAP expands the coverage of welfare through a low-level negative income tax for families with children, seeks to reduce the geographical variation of present welfare benefits, and, as a bid for political support, emphasizes work incentives and sanctions. FAP, introduced in 1969, culminates the discrediting of welfare without fully taking on the larger and more expensive task of eradicating poverty.
