Have you noticed that as the details of the tough budget reform proposed by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles fade into memory, more politicians are...

Twenty-five years ago, Princeton economist David Bradford designed what he called the X Tax . The idea--a progressive consumption tax--generated lots of discussion among tax...

When Mitt Romney talks about his plan for tax reform, he is very careful to say two things: He wants to cut tax rates, and...

I get the impression that many Americans believe Medicare is financed like Social Security. They know that a portion of payroll taxes goes to Social...

Yesterday, Mitt Romney laid out what his campaign said was his vision for health reform . Today, he followed that up with a talk on...

Yesterday, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), who rarely gives public speeches, laid out his agenda for tax reform. Just for fun, I compared...

Today I had the chance to testify before the Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee about a perennial challenge, the...

Over the past week or so, Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, and Glenn Hubbard have all made the same suggestion: Congress should extend all of the...

The Congressional Budget Office’s latest update , released today, provides a snapshot of fiscal policy in the short run, the medium term, and the long...

I recently blogged on Doug Holtz-Eakin’s four-step framework for tax reform. His roadmap—first agree on a progressive tax code, a top rate, and the total...