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Bush tax cuts

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Listen Closely When Romney Talks About Taxes

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...
June 19, 2012Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

How a Delay in the Debt Limit Will Change America’s Fiscal Politics

By now, you know the great taxmageddon story: At the end of the year, a lame duck Congress and a new or newly re-elected president...
May 24, 2012Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

A Path Forward on Tax Reform

At the National Tax Association’s spring conference last week, former Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Holtz-Eakin laid out a path to tax reform in four...
May 22, 2012Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Letting the Bush/Obama Tax Cuts Expire Would Raise Average Taxes by $3,000

It has sometimes been said, even by me, that the easiest way for Congress and the White House to fix the deficit is to do…...
April 19, 2012Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

It’s Time Stop Squabbling about the Bush Tax Cuts

As long as politicians keep squabbling about what to do about the Bush era tax cuts, we are doomed. There will be no serious deficit...
November 22, 2011Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

The Do-Nothing Fiscal Fix: Recipe for Recession

Given Washington’s endless partisan nastiness—and thanks to some updated estimates by the Congressional Budget Office--it seems like a good time to revisit an old idea:...
September 1, 2011Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

The Coming Payroll Tax Role Reversal

In a couple of weeks, President Obama will ask Congress to extend this year’s payroll tax cut. It will surely become a classic Washington double-reverse...
August 18, 2011Howard Gleckman