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How Government Limits Upward Mobility

Upward mobility has been a foundation of America’s self-image since the 18 th century. If you work hard enough, nothing can stop you from getting...

July 19, 2012Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Reduce Tax Rates on Low-Income Families by Extending Tax Phase-Outs

An ominous announcement for a House Ways & Means Committee joint hearing on “how welfare and tax benefits can discourage work” seemed a set-up to...

June 29, 2012Elaine Maag

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

News Flash: Antipoverty Programs Can Reduce Poverty

In 1998, when I was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis at the Treasury Department , I asked my staff expert on the Earned Income...

November 7, 2011Leonard E. Burman

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Tom Coburn: Tax Subsidies Are Socialism

Give Sen. Tom Coburn(R-OK) credit. In a city where obfuscation and misdirection are the coin of the realm, the conservative Republican lets you know exactly...

July 19, 2011Howard Gleckman