Barack Obama

President’s 2013 Budget Would Enable Almost All Americans to Save for Retirement

The new 2013 budget unveiled by President Obama on Monday again contains the Automatic IRA , which was developed by Brookings' Retirement Security Project in...

February 16, 2012William G. Gale David C. John

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Congress Figures Out How to Finance a Payroll Tax Cut: Borrow the Money

It looks like Congress is about to assume its default position: In the face of an intractable partisan dispute over how to pay for a...

February 15, 2012Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Raising Revenue in a Progressive Manner Without Raising Tax Rates

Amidst the myriad proposals in President Obama’s budget are two "big ideas" that would raise revenue in a progressive manner without raising taxes. These important...

February 14, 2012William G. Gale

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Taxes in Obama’s Budget: Few Specifics but Some Big Principles

When it comes to taxes, President Obama has proposed what might best be called a conceptual budget —a powerful call for tax reform that is...

February 13, 2012Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

President Obama’s Tax Deform Agenda

For a while there, I thought President Obama was going to embrace tax reform in his State of the Union address. Instead, following the lead...

January 25, 2012Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

The Santorum Plan: Tax Cuts for (Nearly) All

Rick Santorum, who may have won the Iowa caucuses after all, favors a huge broad-based tax cut that would massively increase the budget deficit. According...

January 19, 2012Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Congress Is Back, and So Are Its Battles Over Tax and Budget Policy

The least popular Congress in memory is back. I, personally, am thrilled. After a year in which lawmakers did almost nothing besides (barely) keeping the...

January 17, 2012Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox