TaxVox

The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff

Federal Budget and Economy

A Carbon Tax is a Win-Win for the Economy and the Environment

March 12, 2013 –
Looking for a way to improve the operation of the economy, lower our dependence on foreign oil, reduce pollution, slow global warming, cut government spending,...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Taxes and Paul Ryan’s Budget

March 12, 2013 –
House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) has proposed a controversial plan to balance the budget in 10 years , entirely by cutting planned spending...
Federal Budget and Economy

Build America Bonds, the Medicaid Expansion, and Trust Between the States and the Feds

March 7, 2013 –
States trying to decide whether to expand their Medicaid programs to cover more low-income uninsured might want to take a look at the fate of...
Federal Budget and Economy

Changing Government's Inflation Measure Would Raise Taxes as Much as it Would Cut Spending

March 5, 2013 –
Changing the way government adjusts spending and taxes for inflation is one of those issues that continues to hang around the edges of the budget...
Federal Budget and Economy

Sequester, We Hardly Knew Ye

March 1, 2013 –
I suspect that by early next week, the sequester will be old news. We’ll be on to the next crisis—the impending government shutdown scheduled for...
Individual Taxes

Better Ways Federal Financial Aid Can Help College Students

February 28, 2013 –
Earlier this week, my Tax Policy Center colleague Elaine Maag blogged about proposals by the Center for Law and Social Policy ( CLASP ) to...
Federal Budget and Economy

The Sequester is Not Too Big, It is Too Stupid

February 28, 2013 –
The latest chapter in Washington’s never-ending fiscal drama is about to play out in tomorrow’s sequester--a word most Americans should never have had to learn...
Federal Budget and Economy

How to Avoid Sequester and Give Both Parties What They Want

February 27, 2013 –
I would like to propose a simple plan that would let Republicans and Democrats avoid a blunt, across-the-board sequester that fails to set priorities. It...
Individual Taxes

What if the Outrage over Excessive Welfare Extended to the Tax Code?

February 26, 2013 –
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has created quite a stir with his estimates that every household below the poverty level receives an average of $168-a-day (or...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Education Tax Credits Rival Pell Grant Program in Size: Reforms Proposed

February 25, 2013 –
Tax-based aid for higher education quadrupled between 2000 and 2010 and will continue to be a large part of the financial aid story – at...