TaxVox

The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

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

August 25, 2011 –
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...
Individual Taxes

Not All Tax Breaks Are Created Equal

August 24, 2011 –
It has become fashionable (I am happy to say) for politicians to talk about ending or at least scaling back tax subsidies . But pols...
Individual Taxes

Was Buffett Right? Do Workers Pay More Tax than Their Bosses?

August 23, 2011 –
When Warren Buffett called for higher taxes on the wealthy in a New York Times op-ed last week, the billionaire investor argued that he and...
Individual Taxes

Federal Debt Drama and What It Means for State and Local Governments

August 22, 2011 –
Below is a post I did for Metrotrends on Friday. Financial markets have been on a pretty turbulent roller-coaster following the last minute bargain Congress...
Federal Budget and Economy

More Budget Foxes, Fewer Hedgehogs

August 19, 2011 –
My latest column at the Christian Science Monitor : America's fiscal challenges are often portrayed as a conflict between hawks and doves. The real battle,...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The Coming Payroll Tax Role Reversal

August 18, 2011 –
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...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Rick Perry, Texas, and Taxes

August 16, 2011 –
Texas Governor Rick Perry, the latest entrant in the GOP presidential sweepstakes, swaggers into the race as the very personification of a low-tax, small-government, Lone...
Individual Taxes

“Corporations are People” But Which People?

August 12, 2011 –
In a shouting match with a demonstrator at the Iowa State Fair yesterday, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney argued against raising corporate taxes, asserting that...
Federal Budget and Economy

How Congress Can Cap Tax Breaks

August 11, 2011 –
Sooner or later, Congress will realize it needs new revenues to help balance the budget, and trimming tax subsidies is the way to get them...
Individual Taxes

Congressional Waste: The FAA and Airlines Taxes

August 10, 2011 –
Congressional infighting last month over union rules and subsidies for small airports caused a lapse in authorization for the Federal Aviation Administration as well as...