The entitlements no one is talking about
Here is an article I just published in The Fiscal Times, prompted in part by Leonard Burman's work, on the staggering size and automatic growth of "tax expenditures" -- tax breaks, for us...
View ArticleEconomist Mom Sends President Obama To His Room On Tax Day
I was looking for something clever to post on Tax Day and found it courtesy of Diane Lim Rogers at EconomistMom:For all the complaining you have done on your Senate campaign trail, and then your...
View ArticleThe Green Tax Swap Is Not Enough
From time to time, I have mentioned a "Green Tax Swap" as an appropriate policy to raise the price of carbon emissions while protecting lower-income workers from the higher costs of the...
View ArticleGo Find Me the Peak of the Laffer Curve
My New Year's Plea from 2007 has been getting some attention in the recent discussions over whether cutting tax rates will raise revenue. In this post, I'd like to follow up on the last line of that...
View ArticleDividend Repatriation Redux? Not In The Next Two Years.
Is there a pot of U.S. multinational money parked overseas? Yes, approximately $2.3 tr. Will the U.S. government temporarily lower U.S. tax rates by 85% again, as it did in 2004, so those firms will...
View ArticleAt the Risk of Repeating the Obvious, Now Is Also a Good Time for the Green...
This article by Michael Flectcher in yesterday's Washington Post is well worth your time. It follows the push for green jobs in Ocala, Florida as it has met with almost no success over the past couple...
View ArticleMy Two New Favorite Budget Words
Here are two headlines and excerpts to make a budget wonk smile, both from The Wall Street Journal:Promise on Taxes Sparks GOP RiftTwo decades after President George H.W. Bush abandoned his "read my...
View ArticleRevenue Estimating Methodology Affects What Goes Into The Tax Code
Today, the House Ways and Means Committee explored how the Joint Tax Committee estimates the revenue effects of proposed changes in tax law. Too often in the past, such hearings have attempted to move...
View ArticleA Tax Policy Rant
I couldn't agree more with Pete on the discussions of tax policy that are now occurring as part of the Republican primary campaigns. The Republican primary campaign almost always gets sidetracked by...
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