Elizabeth Warren

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Four Ways To Tell When A Tax Proposal Is Serious

With the new Congress well into its legislative season and many Democratic presidential hopefuls in full campaign mode, policy ideas are flying fast and furious...

April 11, 2019Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

"Tell me what you want, what you really, really want..."

Do parents want subsidies for child care providers? Or cash for themselves?

I asked some parents to make a choice. Their response was perhaps not what Warren hoped for, given her proposed Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act.

March 6, 2019Renu Zaretsky

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

There Are Better Ways To Tax The Rich Than A Wealth Tax Or A 70 Percent Top Rate

Taxing the rich is suddenly all the rage among many of the Democratic party’s highest profile politicians. There is a better way to do it....

February 4, 2019Howard Gleckman

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Inside The Warren Vs. Harris Battle Over Tax Progressivity

Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) both want to be elected President of the United States in 2020. Both believe that the federal...

January 28, 2019Howard Gleckman

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New Chairs, New Resistance, and Maybe, New Taxes

As expected: Paul Ryan will succeed Dave Camp as House Ways & Means Chair. Representative Kevin Brady removed himself from consideration earlier this week, though he had more committee seniority. The full House GOP conference approved its Steering Committee’s chairmanship recommendations,

November 20, 2014Renu Zaretsky