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Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The Tax Vox 2011 Lump of Coal Award: Kicking the Can Edition

Welcome to Tax Vox’s fifth annual Lump of Coal Award recognizing 2011’s ten worst moments in fiscal policy. It is hard to imagine so much...
December 22, 2011Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Gingrich’s Tax Plan: Big Tax Cuts, Big Deficits

GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is proposing a massive tax cut aimed at the highest earning American households. Gingrich’s plan would add about $1 trillion...
December 12, 2011Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Anybody Remember Romney’s Tax Plan?

I’ve been reviewing the tax plans of the major Republican presidential hopefuls and am struck at how conventional Mitt Romney’s is. While Herman Cain wants...
November 8, 2011Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Perry’s Tax Plan is a Huge Tax Cut for the Wealthy, But How Big?

Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he wants to cut taxes for everyone and balance the budget. It's probably impossible to do both. Sadly, Perry’s new...
November 1, 2011Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

The Problem with Perry’s Optional Tax

One of the biggest problems with Texas Governor Rick Perry’s optional flat tax may be the choice it gives taxpayers. Perry says you can either...
October 26, 2011Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Perry’s Free Lunch Flat Tax

There is lots we still don’t know about GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry’s tax and budget plan . But I am pretty sure of one...
October 25, 2011Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

What the Great Budget Debate Is Really About

Want to know what the Great Budget Debate of 2011 is really about? Ask Congressional Budget Office director Doug Elmendorf (who was a Tax Policy...
September 15, 2011Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Rick Perry’s Social Security Myth

Texas Governor Rick Perry is being rightly criticized for his loony claims about Social Security in last night’s GOP presidential debate. But what troubles me...
September 8, 2011Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

A Grim Prognosis for Deficit Reduction

The other day, I spent a few hours with some of Washington’s most experienced budget experts. The session was off-the-record, so I can’t tell you...
August 30, 2011Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Do Republicans Really Want to Cut Taxes on the Wealthy and Raise Them on Everyone Else?

Of all the curious rhetoric floating around both Washington and the campaign trail, the strangest may be the demand of many Republicans that Congress raise...
August 25, 2011Howard Gleckman