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• AMT Can Complicate Timing of Tax Breaks From Charitable Gifts, Wall Street Journal (December 29, 2004) by Kaja Whitehouse and Rachel Emma Silverman.
• Cap Caution..., Washington Times (December 27, 2004) by Bruce Bartlett.
• Political discipline, not just less pork, Philadelpia Inquirer (December 26, 2004) by Will Wilkinson.
• Sharpening the Knife: As Bush Vows to Halve Deficit, Targets Already Feel Squeezed, Wall Street Journal (December 21, 2004) by Jackie Calmes.
• Budget Process Broken, but Few Fixes Pass GOP Litmus Test, Tax Notes (December 20, 2004) by Dustin Stamper and Wesley Elmore.
• A Quick Way to Build A Nation of Savers, New York Times (December 19, 2004) by Daniel Gross.
• US tax breaks for thrifty may hurt Treasury, Financial Times (December 18, 2004) by Christopher Swann.
• Putting tax code on a diet, San Francisco Chronicle (December 16, 2004) by Kathleen Pender.
• The American economy: The cost of borrowing, Economist (December 15, 2004).
• Some issues that will not be part of the White House's two-day economic summit this week, Marketplace Morning Report (December 15, 2004).
• Bid to expand tax return 'snooping' voted down, Investment News (December 13, 2004) by Mark E. Battersby.
• Alternative Minimum Tax: Are You The Next Target?, Newsweek (December 13, 2004).
• Alternative minimum tax bites more filers, Chicago Tribune (December 12, 2004) by Janet Kidd Stewart.
• While activists favor cutting tax breaks, history does not, The Oregonian (December 10, 2004) by James Mayer.
• Analysis: Social Security wants and reality, United Press International (December 7, 2004) by Christian Bourge.
• Proposal Would Hit Blue State Taxpayers, Los Angeles Times (December 5, 2004) by Warren Vieth.
• "Voodoo Economics" Needles United States, The Vanguard (Bentley College) (December 2, 2004) by Dave Rosenberg.
• Sales-Tax Scam, The American Prospect (December 1, 2004) by Matthew Yglesias.
• Five Moves To Make By Year-End, Money Magazine (December 1, 2004) by Amy Feldman.
• Your Next Tax Hike, Forbes (November 29, 2004) by Janet Novack.
• Trashing the Tax Code, Fortune (November 29, 2004) by Shawn Tully.
• Find alternatives to the dreaded alternative minimum tax, St. Paul Pioneer Press (November 29, 2004) by Gail Marksjarvis.
• Economics focus: A promising alternative, Economist (November 27, 2004).
• 'Blue states' could lose key deduction in tax reform, Cox News Service (November 26, 2004) by Marilyn Geewax.
• Growing deficit dogs Republican president, Congress, Scripps Howard News Service (November 26, 2004) by Lawrence M. O'Rourke.
• Tax Reform Veterans See Hurdles Ahead, Washington Post (November 24, 2004) by Jonathan Weisman, Jeffrey H. Birnbaum.
• Will the AMT Spur Change in the Tax System?, Wall Street Journal (November 21, 2004) by Tom Herman.
• Bush Plans Tax Code Overhaul; Changes Would Favor Investment, Growth, Washington Post (November 18, 2004) by Jonathan Weisman, Jeffrey H. Birnbaum.
• Buying Into Mutual Funds At Year End Can Present A Capital-Gains Tax Bite, Wall Street Journal (November 17, 2004).
• Remove Reward and Punishment From the Tax Code, Bloomberg (November 17, 2004) by Caroline Baum.
• Opposition Seen on Second Term Tax, Social Security Goals, OMB Watch (November 16, 2004).
• Groups cool on tax reform: Businesses see favorite loopholes being shut down, The Hill (November 16, 2004) by Josephine Hearn.
• Faith, Hope, and Progress, Business Week (November 15, 2004) by Michael Mandel.
• What the economy needs is simpler taxes, Fortune (November 15, 2004) by Cait Murphy.
• New tax aimed at savings, CNN / Money (November 13, 2004).
• How Social Security privatization might work, NPR's Morning Edition (November 11, 2004).
• Know Your Optimal Year-End Tax Strategies, Wall Street Journal (November 10, 2004) by Tom Herman.
• Bush, With Daschle Out, May Coax Permanent Tax Cuts From Senate Bloomberg (November 8, 2004).
• Red states won - now the red ink, Christian Science Monitor (November 8, 2004) by David R. Francis.
• Overhauling IRS code a taxing proposition, Dallas Morning News (November 8, 2004) by Pamela Yip.
• Bush's Ungrounded Vision, Washington Post (November 8, 2004) by Sebastian Mallaby.
• Bush expected to press for overhaul of tax code, Chicago Tribune (November 7, 2004) by William Neikirk.
• U.S. Tax Code May Be Facing a Full Rewrite, Los Angeles Times (November 7, 2004) by Warren Vieth.
• The next 4 years: a shift to "ownership society", Seattle Times (November 7, 2004) by Peter G. Gosselin.
• Bush's Second Term: Hold on to Your Wallet, Scripps Howard News Service (November 5, 2004) by Mary Deibel.
• Dollar Falls On Fears of U.S. Deficits, Washington Post (November 5, 2004) by Paul Blustein and Jonathan Weisman.
• Nightly Business Report, Nightly Business Report (November 4, 2004).
• Deficits and Tax System Changes In Bush's Second-Term Economy, New York Times (November 4, 2004) by Edmund L. Andrews.
• Economy: Deficits loom over national fiscal policy, San Francisco Chronicle (November 4, 2004) by Tom Abate.
• Back to Work: For the Winner, a U.S. Economy With Some Stubborn Problems, Wall Street Journal (November 3, 2004) by David Wessel and Bob Davis.
• Second term tax policy may see some tax increases, CBS Marketwatch (November 3, 2004) by Andrea Coombes.
• Bush and your wallet, CNN / Money (November 3, 2004) by Jeanne Sahadi.
• What a Bush win means to your wallet, MSN Money (November 3, 2004) by MSN Money Staff.
• Politics of Social Security, NPR's All Things Considered (November 1, 2004).
• The real Nov. 2 winner? It's not who you think, Chicago Tribune (October 31, 2004) by Steve Chapman.
• Details few on Social Security, CBS Marketwatch (October 29, 2004) by William L. Watts.
• VIEWPOINT: On the issues - Economy, Daily Texan (October 28, 2004).
• Candidates face obstacles to halving deficit, USA Today (October 27, 2004) by Peronet Despeignes.
• What's not being said in presidential candidate's speeches, NPR's Morning Edition (October 26, 2004).
• Fact Check: Yes, He Said That, but What He Really Meant Was..., New York Times (October 26, 2004) by David Rosenbaum.
• Fact-Checking the Candidates' Stump Speeches, NPR (October 26, 2004).
• CAMPAIGN 2004: Comptroller's Briefing Paper, Chicago Tribune (October 25, 2004) by William Neikirk.
• CAMPAIGN 2004: The Issues, Chicago Tribune (October 25, 2004) by William Neikirk.
• Washington Journal, C-Span (October 25, 2004).
• Small Businesses? Debate Intentionally Skews Reality, Critics Say, The NewStandard (NY) (October 24, 2004) by Madeleine Baran.
• The Facts: Watchdogs find false and misleading claims by both parties, Columbus Dispatch (October 23, 2004).
• President Signs Corporate Tax Legislation, Washington Post (October 23, 2004) by Jonathan Weisman.
• Obscured by politics: Bush, Kerry offer few details on economic plans, The University of Alabama Crimson White (October 22, 2004) by Chris Otts.
• Candidates far apart on tax, spending issues, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) (October 22, 2004) by Tom Shean.
• How to prosper by killing American jobs, San Jose Mercury News (October 21, 2004) by Daniel Sneider.
• Bush and Kerry back reform efforts, but they offer different strategies, The Oregonian (October 20, 2004) by Betsy Hammond.
• CAMPAIGN 2004: The Issues, Chicago Tribune (October 20, 2004) by William Neikirk.
• Slicing the Spin: Jobs and the Economy, NPR's Marketplace (October 20, 2004).
• Are We Better Off Than 4 Years Ago?, Business Week (October 19, 2004) by Aaron Bernstein.
• Presidential candidates' tax plans, NPR's Marketplace (October 19, 2004).
• Small Business, Ill-Defined, Washington Post (October 19, 2004) by Allan Sloan.
• Social Security in the presidential race, Newshour (October 19, 2004).
• Neither Fair Nor Adequate: The Unhappy State of Federal Taxation, Tax Notes (October 18, 2004) by Joseph J. Thorndike.
• Kerry 'paygo' solution won't work, Rocky Mountain News (October 18, 2004).
• Presidential Issues: Taxes, Charleston (WV) Gazette (October 17, 2004) by Jim Balow.
• Can Kerry really pay for those promises?, San Francisco Chronicle (October 17, 2004) by Kathleen Pender.
• A troubling orgy of pork, St. Petersburg Times (October 17, 2004) by Robert Trigaux.
• Fiscal Ruin on the Horizon, Washington Post (October 17, 2004) by David S. Broder.
• The truth squad, Newsday (October 17, 2004).
• 'These guys are incorrigible fact-twisters', The Globe and Mail (Canada) (October 15, 2004) by Shawn McCarthy.
• US trade deficit widens to Dollars 54bn, Financial Times (October 15, 2004) by Christopher Swann.
• Corporate tax bill spreads the wealth, Minneapolis Star Tribune (October 15, 2004) by Chris Serres, Susan E. Peterson.
• The last debate/America on a disastrous path, Minneapolis Star Tribune (October 15, 2004).
• Fact Check on Final Debate, ABC News (October 14, 2004) by Jack Tapper.
• Presidential candidates are still making false statements of facts during their debate, NPR's Morning Edition (October 14, 2004).
• Under Pressure, Mischaracterizations and Misstatements, New York Times (October 14, 2004) by David Rosenbaum.
• Bush, Kerry and your wallet, CNN/Money (October 14, 2004) by Jeanne Sahadi.
• THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: Rivals Choose Their Numbers Wisely, Los Angeles Times (October 14, 2004) by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Warren Vieth.
• Recently passed corporate tax reform bill, NPR's Morning Edition (October 13, 2004).
• Questions Here at Home, Washington Post (October 13, 2004).
• Analysts fault Bush, Kerry economic plans, Boston Globe (October 12, 2004) by Robert Gavin.
• Kerry Needs 1-Liner of his Own, Orlando Sentinel (October 12, 2004) by Telis Demos.
• TAX FACTS: US-Dutch Tax Treaty Stalled In Senate, Wall Street Journal (October 12, 2004) by Rob Wells.
• Kerry hits on domestic issues heading into debate, San Francisco Chronicle (October 11, 2004).
• Kerry Plan to Reverse Tax Cuts May Not Hurt Small Businesses, Bloomberg (October 11, 2004).
• Bush vs. Kerry: Tax cut promises come at a cost, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (October 11, 2004) by Patricia Sabatini.
• Bush Truths, Krugman Lies, National Review (October 11, 2004) by Donald Luskin.
• Low-income voters could be pivotal, The Oregonian (October 10, 2004) by Robert Landauer.
• Bush, Kerry differ sharply on the 'pocketbook' issues, Baltimore Sun (October 10, 2004) by Julie Hirschfeld Davis.
• Candidates Loose With Facts In US Pres Debate, Wall Street Journal (October 9, 2004).
• Different Interpretations on War, Jobs and Health, New York Times (October 9, 2004) by David Rosenbaum.
• Casualties in factual claims of Bush-Kerry debate, USA Today (October 9, 2004).
• Bush's campaign of distortion, Boston Globe (October 8, 2004) by Scot Lehigh.
• Presidential candidates on tax cuts, Palm Beach Post (October 8, 2004) by S.V. Date.
• Presidential candidates on Social Security, Palm Beach Post (October 8, 2004) by S.V. Date.
• AN EDITORIAL: Back to the future On the domestic front, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (October 7, 2004).
• Congress rushing to change tax code, Scripps Howard News Service (October 7, 2004) by Mary Deibel.
• Cheney, Edwards stretch facts, figures to make points, Miami Herald (October 7, 2004) by Jonathan S. Landay and Seth Borenstein.
• Divide over managing US's wallet, Christian Science Monitor (October 7, 2004) by Ron Scherer.
• When Points Weren't Personal, Liberties Were Taken With the Truth, New York Times (October 6, 2004) by David Rosenbaum.
• Fact-checking the debate, Boston Globe (October 6, 2004).
• A Clash of Goals in Bush's Efforts on the Income Tax, New York Times (October 6, 2004) by Edmund L. Andrews.
• Cheney, Edwards Debate Dominated by Iraq, Attacks, Bloomberg News (October 6, 2004).
• Day After Vice Presidential Debate; Fact Check, CNN (October 6, 2004) by Rick Sanchez, William Schneider.
• Controversial plan in Congress to outsource collection of unpaid taxes, NPR's Marketplace (October 5, 2004) by Dan Brown, Hilary Wical.
• Solutions for debt crisis go far beyond tinkering, USA Today (October 5, 2004) by Dennis Cauchon and John Waggoner.
• The looming national benefit crisis, USA Today (October 4, 2004) by Dennis Cauchon and John Waggoner.
• Americans' views on the nation's benefit quandary, USA Today (October 3, 2004) by John Waggoner.
• U.S. policy no paradise for Americans, Miami Herald (October 1, 2004) by Molly Ivins.
• Tax hikes how high?, Washington Times (October 1, 2004) by Brian Riedl.
• IBM Employees Get $320 Million in Pension Suit, New York Times (September 30, 2004) by David Cay Johnston.
• Analysts Say Dems Caved to Electoral Pressures in Extending Tax Cuts, The NewStandard (NY) (September 29, 2004).
• What the New Tax Law Will Mean to Your Return, Wall Street Journal (September 29, 2004).
• THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE: Are Bush's Tax Cuts Doing the Job?, Los Angeles Times (September 29, 2004) by Warren Vieth.
• Bush's winning pitch on taxes, Newsday (September 29, 2004) by James Toedtman.
• AMT Bomb Still Ticks Despite 1-Year Relief, Investors Business Daily (September 28, 2004) by Paul Katzeff.
• Tax-cut ruse, Baltimore Sun (September 28, 2004).
• Dividend tax break costs Treasury $125 billion, Detroit News (September 28, 2004).
• Money Matters: Retirement Dilemma, Miami Herald (September 27, 2004) by Harriet Johnson Brackey.
• Riedl: Kerry's deficit-cutting plan would cost way too much, Austin American-Statesman (September 27, 2004) by Eugene B. Rumer.
• Conflicting economic news may be keeping presidential candidates from focusing on the topic, San Diego Union-Tribune (September 26, 2004) by Dean Calbreath.
• A New Tax Cut, Washington Post (September 26, 2004).
• FactFinder: Bush-Cheney Ad Lies About Kerry's Tax on Small Business, Capitol Hill Blue (September 26, 2004).
• The Tax Clock Is Ticking, Congressional Quarterly Weekly (September 25, 2004) by Jill Barshay.
• Bush, Kerry budget priorities differ, CNN.com (September 24, 2004).
• A tilted tax cut, Boston Globe (September 24, 2004).
• Tax-cut questions and answers, Arizona Republic (September 24, 2004) by Brian Tumulty.
• Bid to Save Tax Refunds For the Poor Is Blocked, Washington Post (September 23, 2004) by Jonathan Weisman.
• Another Bad Tax Bill, Washington Post (September 21, 2004).
• Sticking it to working families, Boston Globe (September 21, 2004) by Thomas Oliphant.
• If I Only Had A Vote, Common Dreams (September 21, 2004) by Todd Huffman.
• Bush's Cut-and-Spend Plan Is Math-Challenged, Los Angeles Times (September 20, 2004) by Janet Hook and Warren Vieth.
• What A "Fairer" Tax Code Might Look Like, Business Week (September 20, 2004) by Howard Gleckman and Mike McNamee.
• Back to the Issues at Hand, The Progressive Trail (September 20, 2004) by Jason Leopold.
• Social policies ride on money. Candidates' plans: $1.3 trillion, Arizona Republic (September 19, 2004) by Jon Kamman.
• Bush, Kerry tax plans differ, Dayton Daily News (September 18, 2004) by Jim Bebbington.
• Kerry's economic turnabout, Washington Times (September 17, 2004).
• Simpler tax code? Dream on, Dallas Morning News (September 16, 2004) by Carl P. Leubsdorf.
• Kerry blasts Bush over jobs, taxes, San Francisco Chronicle (September 16, 2004) by Carolyn Lochhead.
• Tax reform detour?, Washington Times (September 13, 2004) by Bruce Bartlett.
• Speeches ignore impending U.S. debt disaster, San Francisco Chronicle (September 12, 2004) by Carolyn Lochhead.
• Alternative Minimum Tax Will Keep Taking a Bigger Pinch, Washington Post (September 12, 2004) by Albert B. Crenshaw.
• You Call That News? I Don't, Washington Post (September 12, 2004) by Bryan Keefer.
• Remember the Deficit, Boston Globe (September 10, 2004) by Scot Lehigh.
• Suggestions For the Tax Commission, New York Sun (September 10, 2004) by Bruce Bartlett.
• Bush's Big Domestic Agenda May Crimp Plans to Curb Deficit, Wall Street Journal (September 9, 2004) by John D. McKinnon.
• Letters to the Editor, Washington Post (September 9, 2004) by Helen Seidler.
• Tough task for Bush over pledge on deficit, Financial Times (September 8, 2004) by Christopher Swann.
• Income tax reform, The Record (Bergen County, NJ) (September 8, 2004).
• Federal deficit less than expected this year, NPR's Marketplace (September 7, 2004).
• Howard's crackpot capital gains tax reforms fail, Sydney Morning Herald (September 6, 2004) by John Garnaut.
• Nightly Business Report, Nightly Business Report (September 6, 2004).
• Tax cuts were just the beginning: the President is signalling a far more radical agenda, The New Yorker (September 6, 2004) by John Cassidy.
• Money Matters: Inform well your opinion, Miami Herald (September 5, 2004) by Harriet Johnson Brackey.
• White House Sets Sights On Tax Overhaul, Wall Street Journal (September 2, 2004) by Shailagh Murray. (Wall Street Journal subscribers only).
• Tax troubles ahead, The American Enterprise (September 1, 2004) by Eli Lehrer.
• The Bush-Kerry Tax Duel, Washington Post (August 29, 2004) by Albert B. Crenshaw.
• Small rise in interest rates would actually help stocks, Deseret Morning News (August 29, 2004) by Brendan Boyd.
• Letters to the Editor, Washington Post (August 29, 2004) by Len Burman.
• Bush vs. Kerry On Your Tax Bill, Wall Street Journal (August 26, 2004). (Wall Street Journal subscribers only).
• Kerry Campaign: After A Week Off, Bush Previews Convention, U.S. Newswire (August 26, 2004).
• Kerry's Dueling Promises on Economy, Washington Post (August 25, 2004) by Jonathan Weisman.
• Kerry's budget math met with skepticism, Newsday (August 24, 2004) by James Toedtman.
• Kerry: Why Should We Believe His Attacks? Bush Increases Taxes on Middle-Class Families, U.S. Newswire (August 23, 2004).
• Big tax reform gets another look, The News & Observer (August 22, 2004) by Amy Martinez.
• Bush avoids serious tax talk with jokes, critics say, Arizona Republic (August 21, 2004) by Jon Kamman.
• No sale on sales tax, The News & Observer (August 21, 2004).
• Bush v. Kerry on the Deficit, Time Magazine (August 20, 2004) by Perry Bacon Jr.
• The GOP tax agenda, Baltimore Sun (August 20, 2004).
• National Sales-Tax Silliness . . ., National Review (August 18, 2004) by Bruce Bartlett.
• Will taxes rise in 2005?, Money Magazine (August 17, 2004) by Jeanne Sahadi.
• Tax cuts? For whom?, Albany Times Union (August 17, 2004).
• Sales Tax Advocates: Get Over It, New York Sun (August 17, 2004) by Bruce Bartlett.
• Tax Reform Debate Sparked On Campaign Trail, Tax Notes (August 16, 2004) by Heidi Glenn, Dustin Stamper.
• Bush Tax Cuts May Hurt Politically Following Report, Bloomberg (August 16, 2004) by Ryan J. Donmoyer.
• The Tax Cuts Re-Examined, Washington Post (August 15, 2004).
• GOP eyes abolishing income tax; Leaders discuss national sales tax, Chicago Tribune (August 14, 2004) by William Neikirk.
• Report Finds Tax Cuts Heavily Favor The Wealthy, International Herald Tribune (August 14, 2004) by Edmund L. Andrews.
• EXCLUSIVE: The Kerry Campaign's Funny Math, Tech Central Station (August 13, 2004) by Kevin Hassett.
• Report Finds Tax Cuts Heavily Favor The Wealthy, New York Times (August 13, 2004) by Edmund L. Andrews.
• Kerry Budget Plan Has $1 Trillion Tax Footnote, Wall Street Journal (August 13, 2004) by John Godfrey. (Wall Street Journal subscribers only).
• What The Candidates Should Debate, Money Magazine (August 11, 2004) by Eric Schurenberg.
• Laura Bush: Rhetoric and reality, St. Cloud Times (August 11, 2004).
• Readers Offer a Lesson on Taxes And Subchapter S Corporations, Wall Street Journal (August 10, 2004) by David Wessel. (Wall Street Journal subscribers only).
• Tax Reform That Gets Rid Of IRS? Check Fine Print Before You Enlist, Investor's Business Daily (August 9, 2004) by Bruce Bartlett.
• Fiscal Follies, Wall Street Journal (August 9, 2004). (Wall Street Journal subscribers only).
• Abolish The IRS?, New York Sun (August 6, 2004) by Bruce Bartlett.
• Spinsanity, Philadelphia Inquirer (August 5, 2004).
• Bush, Kerry Are Far Apart on How Raising Taxes on 'Rich' Pans Out, Wall Street Journal (August 5, 2004). (Wall Street Journal subscribers only).
• Rubin's Choice Seat Is a Reminder and an Omen, Bloomberg (August 3, 2004) by Caroline Baum.
• This Aggie can calculate deficits waiting to happen, Houston Chronicle (August 3, 2004) by Loren Steffy.
• Allen Buckley, Libertarian Candidate for U.S. Senate, Calls Fair Tax a Sham, PR Newswire (August 3, 2004).
• Kerry's Battle Plan, Business Week (August 2, 2004) by multiple authors.
• A taxing situation faces state, nation, St. Paul Pioneer Press (August 1, 2004) by Dave Beal.
• Promise Vs. Reality, Hartford Courant (August 1, 2004) by David Lightman.
• A Perfect Fiscal Storm, Blueprint Magazine (July, 2004) by Will Marshall.
• Kerry's Deficit-Cutting Math May Not Add Up, Wall Street Journal (July 30, 2004) by John McKinnon. (Wall Street Journal subscribers only).
• Democratic Platform Offers Shades of Old and New, Bloomberg (July 27, 2004) by Caroline Baum.
• Leon Panetta discusses John Kerry, CNBC News (July 27, 2004).
• Nightly Business Report: July 27, 2004, Nightly Business Report (July 27, 2004).
• Pension issues same; results would differ, Pensions and Investments (July 26, 2004) by Vineeta Anand.
• Who is John Kerry?, The Economist (July 24, 2004).
• Cost stalls proposal to extend tax cuts, Chicago Tribune (July 22, 2004).
• Tax shenanigans/Last-minute bill deserves to fail, Minnesota Star Tribune (July 22, 2004).
• A cutting debate: Tax deadlock exposes rift in GOP , Daytona Beach News-Journal (July 22, 2004).
• Omnibus Tax Bill Indulges Lobbyists, Chicago Tribune (July 21, 2004) by William Neikirk.
• In the Event the Challenger Wins, National Review Online (July 19, 2004) by Bruce Bartlett.
• Parties wrestle with cutting $500bn US budget deficit, Financial Times (July 19, 2004) by Andrew Balls.
• Capitalize on asset tax breaks by 2005, San Francisco Chronicle (July 18, 2004) by Kathleen Pender.
• The Nonissue, National Journal (July 17, 2004) by Julie Kosterlitz.
• The Not-So-High Cost of Aging, Business Week (July 16, 2004) by Christopher Farrell.
• The Campaign '04 information war is fast, deep, and fraught with lies., Columbia Journalism Review (July 16, 2004) by Bryan Keefer.
• Hoyer Offers Preview Of Dem Strategy In House Tax Debate, National Journal's CongressDaily (July 14, 2004) by Martin Vaughan.
• Squeezed middle class not on Bush's priority list, Baltimore Sun (July 12, 2004) by Cynthia Tucker.
• Health Versus Wealth, New York Times (July 9, 2004) by Paul Krugman.
• Closing of the Presidential Mind, The New Republic (July 5, 2004).
• Bush, Kerry Seen Dodging Tough Action on Budget, Reuters (July 2, 2004) by Tim Ahmann.
• USDA Not Allowing Free Markets to Decide About Mad Cow Disease Testing, NPR's Marketplace (July 2, 2004).
• Flat Tax Perspective, Reason Magazine (July, 2004) by Julian Sanchez.
• What a Rate Increase Can't Hide, New York Times (July 1, 2004) by Steven Rattner.
• Charitable Tax Credits: Boon or Bust for Nonprofits, Urban Institute (July 1, 2004) by Carol J. De Vita, Eric C. Twombly.
• The Choice for Voters: Health Care or Tax Cuts, Washington Post (June 28, 2004) by Ceci Connolly and Jonathan Weisman.
• Be Careful What You Wish For, NPR's Marketplace (June 23, 2004).
• Bush's Tax Cuts Hurt Schools, Spur Local Tax Hikes, Bloomberg News (June 23, 2004).
• House votes to make sales tax deductible, The Orlando Sentinel (June 18, 2004) by Tamara Lytle.
• Follow the leader: Can Bush live up to Reagan?, Christian Science Monitor (June 14, 2004) by David R. Francis.
• Recent Growth Could Boost State Programs, Wall Street Journal (June 10, 2004). (Wall Street Journal subscribers only).
• Like a Vandal. Krugman uses distortions and lies to deface Reagan?s record, National Review Online (June 10, 2004) by Donald Luskin.
• Reagan Policies Gave Green Light to Red Ink, Washington Post (June 9, 2004) by Jonathan Weisman.
• Reaganomics left new way of doing business, Los Angeles Daily News (June 8, 2004) by Adam Geller.
• Winners, losers/Who pays for Bush tax cuts?, Minneapolis Star Tribune (June 8, 2004).
• Historic Tax Code Changes Eroded in Years Since 1986, Washington Post (June 7, 2004) by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum.
• The Taxonomist In Praise of the Alternative Minimum Tax, The American Prospect (June 7, 2004) by Robert S. McIntyre.
• How politics helps pump budget-deficit balloon, Christian Science Monitor (June 6, 2004) by David R. Francis.
• On Election Day, Girl Power Has Chance to Influence the Future, St. Paul Pioneer Press (June 4, 2004) by Glenda Holste.
• Republicans Ponder Not Adopting a Budget This Year, New York Times (June 3, 2004) by Edmund L. Andrews.
• Momentum Building In House For State Sales Tax Deduction, Wall Street Journal (June 3, 2004) by Rob Wells. (Wall Street Journal subscribers only).
• Alternative tax likely to affect many in the middle class, Salt Lake Tribune (June 2, 2004) by Paul Krugman.
• Dooh Nibor Economics, New York Times (June 1, 2004) by Paul Krugman.
• Learning to Love the Blob, US News and World Report (May 24, 2004) by Jodie T. Allen.
• Rhode Island is not a Welfare Magnet, The Providence Journal (May 22, 2004) by Nancy Gewirtz and Linda Katz.
• Social Security's Ticking Bomb, National Journal (May 22, 2004) by Julie Kosterlitz and Lisa Caruso.
• House Bill Expands Child Tax Credit, New York Times (May 20, 2004) by Edmund L. Andrews.
• Leave No Rich Child Behind, Washington Post (May 19, 2004).
• The Price of Democracy, Newsweek (May 17, 2004) by Robert J. Samuelson.
• Tax Relief Charade, New York Times (May 13, 2004).
• Kerry's Tax Proposals, National Center for Policy Analysis (May 7, 2004).
• Dodging the AMT bullet, The Journal News (May 7, 2004).
• House plans vote on changes to alternative minimum tax, Marketplace Morning Report (May 5, 2004) by Scott Tong.
• U.S. House Approves One-Year Increase in Minimum Tax Exemption, Bloomberg (May 5, 2004).
• Temporary fix planned for U.S. minimum tax, Forbes (May 4, 2004) by Donna Smith.
• Democrats Proposing $200Bln Tax Cuts For Married Couples, Quicken (April 27, 2004) by Rob Wells.
• The Marriage Penalty, NPR's Marketplace (April 27, 2004).
• Firms Can Impose 401(k)s on Workers, Los Angeles Times (April 25, 2004) by Kathy M. Kristof.
• Huey, Dewey and Louie's Revenge, Cornell Daily Sun (April 21, 2004) by Jake Honigman.
• A Tax With Staying Power, National Journal's Congress Daily (April 20, 2004) by Martin Vaughan.
• Bush Spends April 15 Touting Tax Cuts as Dems Slam Agenda, Tax Notes (April 19, 2004) by Dustin Stamper.
• Bush Seeks To Put Focus On Economy In Iowa Visit, New York Times (April 16, 2004) by Richard W. Stevenson.
• All about the deficit and why it matters, Scripps Howard News Service (April 15, 2004) by Mary Deibel.
• Where does the tax burden lie?, KHOU-TV (Houston) (April 15, 2004) by Tom Ackerman / 11 News.
• Growing number of middle-class taxpayers getting snared in the costly alternative minimum tax, NPR's All Things Considered (April 15, 2004).
• Zapped on taxes by AMT, San Francisco Chronicle (April 15, 2004) by Kathleen Pender.
• A Plethora of Tax Breaks Eases the Sting, but at What Price?, Los Angeles Times (April 15, 2004) by Warren Vieth.
• Who got the tax cuts?, Minneapolis Star Tribune (April 15, 2004).
• Tax Cuts Helped President but Far Less So the Cheneys, New York Times (April 14, 2004) by David Cay Johnston.
• Tough tax questions face the next president, Christian Science Monitor (April 14, 2004) by David T. Cook.
• Millions owe no taxes, Mansfield News Journal (April 14, 2004).
• About 44 million filers owe no federal income tax, Tax Foundation says, Gannett News Service (April 13, 2004) by Brian Tumulty.
• Bush's Secret Tax on Democrats, Slate (April 13, 2004) by Daniel Gross.
• Why Your Tax Cut Doesn't Add Up, Newsweek (April 12, 2004) by Allan Sloan.
• IRS struggles to reinstill fear of audits among taxpayers, Sarasota Herald Tribune (April 12, 2004) by Cory Reiss.
• Analysis: Tax policy and reality, a primer, United Press International (April 12, 2004) by Christian Bourge.
• Corporate Tax Dodges: Ugly and Antisocial, Los Angeles Times (April 11, 2004) by James Flanigan.
• Fix This Tax, Washington Post (April 10, 2004).
• Mr. Kerry's Deficiency, Washington Post (April 8, 2004).
• As Bush Brags on Tax Cuts, Some See Oversell, Los Angeles Times (April 5, 2004) by Janet Hook.
• Gotcha!, Newsday (April 4, 2004).
• Oregonians Face 'Stealth Tax' Ambush, The Oregonian (April 3, 2004) by Robert Landauer.
• Planning now will ease anxiety over next year's taxes, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (April 3, 2004) by Paul Nyhan.
• U.S. Firms Keep Billions Overseas, Washington Post (April 2, 2004) by Jonathan Weisman.
• Undoing Tax Cuts Will Have Little Impact On Small Businesses, Wall Street Journal (April 1, 2004) by David Wessel. (Wall Street Journal subscribers only).
• Social Security Isn't Doomed, Newsweek (March 29, 2004) by Jane Bryant Quinn.
• Kerry Says His Tax Plan Protects Jobs, Los Angeles Times (March 27, 2004) by Warren Vieth.
• Economists mixed on Kerry plan, CNN/Money (March 26, 2004) by Chris Isidore.
• Small businesses drawn into political debate, Reuters (March 23, 2004) by David Morgan.
• Cloudy Future For Retirees, CBS News (March 21, 2004).
• More Spending, New Tax Cuts Backed, Washington Post (March 18, 2004) by Jonathan Weisman.
• The Tax Washington Isn't Going to Fix, Bloomberg News (March 15, 2004) by John Wasik.
• Kerry Hopes to Cut Deficit in Four Years, Associated Press (March 12, 2004) by Nancy Benac.
• Keep those calculators handy, the debate over campaign economics is just beginning, San Francisco (March 11, 2004) by Nancy Benac.
• Alternative Minimum Tax threatens to wipe out the Bush tax cut for many Americans, CBS Evening news (March 10, 2004) anchored by John Roberts.
• Tax measure targeted, Newsday (March 10, 2004) by James Toedtman.
• Analysis: Moderate Republicans on budget, United Press International (March 9, 2004) by Marie Horrigan.
• The Deficit: America's Credibility Gap; Growing deficits, Fortune (March 8, 2004) by Shawn Tully, Christopher Tkaczyk.
• Can't retire? Save more, work longer, Baltimore Sune (March 7, 2004) by Eileen Ambrose.
• Falling Into Alternative Minimum Trouble, Washington Post (March 7, 2004) by Jonathan Weisman.
• Middle class vulnerable to minimum-tax trap, Baltimore Sun (March 7, 2004) by Lorene Yue.
• Fooled by the shell game, Boston Globe (March 3, 2004) by Gilbert E. Metcalf.
• The Social Security Promise Not Yet Kept, New York Times (February 29, 2004) by David Cay Johnston.
• Kerry's Spending, Tax Plans Fall Short, Washington Post (February 29, 2004) by Jim VandeHei and Brian Faler.
• Deductions but no reductions, Newsday (February 29, 2004) by Tami Luhby.
• It'll take a revolt to dump the AMT, Newsday (February 29, 2004) by James Toedtman.
• Dividend Tax Cut Benefits Only a Few, National Tax Journal (February 28, 2004) by John Maggs.
• Income Tax Refunds Up, But Less Than Expected, Washington Post (February 28, 2004) by Jonathan Weisman.
• Rich Can Artfully Collect On Capital-Gains Tax, Wall Street Journal (February 26, 2004) by Tom Herman (Wall Street Journal subscribers only).
• Bush Assertion on Tax Cuts Is at Odds With IRS Data, Washington Post (February 24, 2004) by Jonathan Weisman.
• Dreaded Tax Law Could Ding You, Wall Street Journal (February 23, 2004) by Tom Herman (Wall Street Journal subscribers only).
• Tax changes to ease bite on public, Parkersburg News and Sentinel (February 22, 2004) by Pamela Brust.
• Kerry's Wisc Primary Win A Turning Point In Tax Debate, Wall Street Journal (February 18, 2004) by John Godfrey (Wall Street Journal subscribers only).
• Health Savings Account Q&A, Scripps Howard News Service (February 17, 2004) by Mary Deibel.
• Bush Eyes Tax Cut on Savings Accounts, NPR - All Things Considered (February 16, 2004) by Kathleen Schlach.
• Gussying up the garbage, US News & World Report (February 16, 2004) by Jodie T. Allen.
• The Stealth Tax, Business Week (February 16, 2004) by Howard Gleckman.
• Filing Follies: A guide to last May's tax cut, Forbes (February 16, 2004) by Janet Novack.
• Blindsided, Barron's (February 16, 2004) by Suzanne McGee (Barron's subscribers only).
• Talking Simplicity, Building a Maze, New York Times (February 15, 2004) by David Cay Johnston.
• Pin the Label on Tax Policy, New York Times (February 15, 2004) by David E. Rosenbaum.
• Bush's New Budget Is as Bad as It Gets, National Journal (February 14, 2004) by Clive Crook.
• Leviathan's Diet, Reason (February 11, 2004) by Julian Sanchez.
• Extending tax cuts in question President Bush's proposal faces concerns over a rising budget deficit, proposed spending hikes and election-year politics, Omaha World-Herald (February 10, 2004) by Jake Thompson.
• Bush Revives Plan For Savings Incentives, Wall Street Journal (February 8, 2004) by Tom Herman (Wall Street Journal subscribers only).
• Sky High, National Journal (February 7, 2004) by Alexis Simendinger, David Baumann, Carl M. Cannon, and John Maggs.
• Bush Hands Tight Budget To an Unhelpful Congress, Congressional Quarterly Weekly (February 6, 2004) by Andrew Taylor.
• Retirement Lessons From Sweden, New York Times (February 5, 2004) by Alan B. Krueger.
• Pondering the politics of taxation, Telegram & Gazette (February 4, 2004) by Chris Sinacola.
• Proposed Savings Tax Breaks Part of an Equation for Change, Los Angeles Times (February 3, 2004) by Peter G. Gosselin.
• The President's Budget Proposal: The Deficit, New York Times (February 3, 2004) by Edmund L. Andrews.
• Running the political numbers Bush campaigned as a 'compassionate conservative' in 2000, but big deficits rankle fiscal conservatives; others question the compassion of his priorities, USA Today (February 3, 2004) by Judy Keen.
• Surprise! Some taxes go up, Christian Science Monitor (February 2, 2004) by David R. Francis.
• Too far to grow, US News & World Report (February 2, 2004) by Jodie T. Allen.
• Woman's Tax Case Watched by Many In City Co-Ops, New York Sun (February 2, 2004) by Julie Satow.
• Tax Cheaters and Their Enablers, The American Prospect (February 1, 2004) by Robert S. McIntyre.
• Millions of people soon will be fat cats in IRS eyes, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (February 1, 2004) by David Nicklaus.
• Bush's grand vision has big price tag Complaints from conservatives precede the president's budget announcement Monday, Omaha World-Herald (February 1, 2004) by Jake Thompson.
• A budget written in red ink, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (February 1, 2004).
• Bush's election-year spending plan to fight terrorism, make tax cuts permanent, San Francisco Chronicle (February 1, 2004) by Martin Crutsinger.
• A Stealth Tax on Wages, The Nation (January 29, 2004) by Eric Laursen.
• Democrats vow to roll back Bush tax cuts, Mercury News (January 29, 2004) by David Goldstein.
• Brookings Economists Estimate Making Tax Cuts Permanent, Fixing AMT Would Add $3 Trillion To Deficit, White House Bulletin (January 26, 2004).
• Why the Democrats Can't Win on Taxes, Business Week (January 26, 2004) by Howard Gleckman.
• The great baby boomer con, The Record (Bergen County) (January 25, 2004) by Bob Ivry.
• Medicare, Social Security expected to provide less in future, Statesman Journal (January 25, 2004) by Ellyn Ferguson.
• Bush Deficit-Cutting Plan Draws Doubters, New York Times (January 24, 2004) by Edmund L. Andrews.
• Health Care - Bush's Health Savings Accounts, National Journal (January 24, 2004) by Julie Kosterlitz.
• Taxation - The Ownership Society, National Journal (January 24, 2004) by Julie Kosterlitz.
• Summation of cost for Bush's State of the Union proposals, All Things Considered (January 24, 2004) by Steve Inskeep.
• The chimera for our times, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (January 22, 2004).
• New Bush savings accounts aren't dead, CBS Marketwatch (January 21, 2004) by Greg Robb.
• Congress to Table Permanent Tax Cuts, Associated Press (January 21, 2004) by Mary Dalrymple.
• Bush Promotes Earlier Proposals for Tax-Advantaged Savings, New York Times (January 20, 2004) by Edmund L. Andrews.
• President's tax agenda runs up against deficits, election-year politics, Associated Press (January 20, 2004) by Mary Dalrymple.
• Saving for a sick day, Oakland Tribune (January 18, 2004) by Eve Mitchell.
• Time bomb, Baltimore Sun (January 18, 2004).
• Elusive Goal: Staying at 'Zero', Congressional Quarterly Weekly (January 16, 2004) by Joseph J. Schatz.
• With Half-Trillion in Red Ink, U.S. Inc. Looks Bad on Paper, Congressional Quarterly Weekly (January 16, 2004) by Andrew Taylor.
• Tax Withholding Proposed for Independent Contractors, New York Times (January 15, 2004) by David Cay Johnston.
• Tax cuts sure to be a hot-button election issue, All Things Considered (January 15, 2004) with Jim Zarroli.
• Minimum tax could hit a quarter of taxpayers by 2010, Scripps Howard News Service (January 14, 2004) by Mary Deibel.
• Tax Fairness? Forget About It, Business Week (January 13, 2004) by Thane Peterson.
• Democratic Candidates Promote Tax Plans, Associated Press (January 13, 2004) by Nancy Benac.
• Democrats Put Tax Proposals In Context of Systemic Change, Washington Post (January 12, 2004) by Jonathan Weisman.
• Dean confirms tax cut plan, but gives no details, Boston Globe (January 10, 2004) by Michael Kranish.
• Dean finds religion on taxes, Boston Globe (January 9, 2004) by Scot Lehigh.
• Deficit Hits $126 Billion In Fiscal First Quarter, Washington Post (January 9, 2004) by Jonathan Weisman.
• George Bush's Big-government Conservatism Can't Last, Economist (January 8, 2004).
• Budgeteers Take On Tough Balancing Act, Wall Street Journal (January 8, 2004) by David Wessel (Wall Street Journal subscribers only).
• Wes Clark's Families First Tax Reform, Wes Clark '04 for President (January 7, 2004).
• Rubin Gets Shrill, New York Times (January 6, 2004) by Paul Krugman.
• As Iowa Nears, Clark Unveils Tax Plan, Wall Street Journal (January 6, 2004) by Jacob M. Schlesinger (Wall Street Journal subscribers only).
• Retirement risk/A second lesson from Enron, Minneapolis Star Tribune (January 5, 2004).
• The Problem of Complexity, National Review (January 5, 2004) by Bruce Bartlett.
• Democrats go adrift on taxes and trade in debate, San Francisco Chronicle (January 4, 2004) by Calvin Woodward.