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Individual Taxes

Mission Impossible: Cutting the Corporate Tax Rate to 25 Percent

November 2, 2011 –
It has been an article of faith among most congressional Republicans and many Democrats that the corporate tax rate should be cut from today’s top...
Individual Taxes

What is a Flat Tax? (Surprise, it is a VAT!)

October 24, 2011 –
Rick Perry is reportedly going to announce his tax reform plan, a so-called flat tax. There are, as far as I know, no details about...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Cain’s 9-9-9 Plan Would Cut Taxes for the Rich, Raise Taxes for Almost Everyone Else

October 18, 2011 –
Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan would result in a massive tax cut for nearly all of the highest earning Americans and a steep average tax...
Individual Taxes

Why A Repatriation Tax Holiday is Still a Bad Idea

October 13, 2011 –
In another one of those bad ideas that never seem to go away, Congress may be about to grant a huge tax break to multinational...
Individual Taxes

Solyndra, Carrots, and Sticks

October 11, 2011 –
A wonderfully-titled new paper —The Tragedy of the Carrots—by Boston College law professor Brian Galle got me thinking about Solyndra, the failed solar panel company...
Federal Budget and Economy

Tax Policy in Margaritaville: The Buffett Rule

October 7, 2011 –
I'm trying a new thing in the blog--imagining a debate between a smart conservative and liberal economist on a contentious tax policy issue. Here liberal...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The Democrat’s Millionaire Tax: Smart Politics, Awful Policy

October 6, 2011 –
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid’s plan to fund a $445 billion stimulus, err, jobs bill with a 5.6 percent surtax on millionaires is not all...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Is Obama Tax Hiker in Chief? Not Exactly

October 4, 2011 –
Conservatives like to say that President Obama has been responsible for massive tax increases. It is wonderful rhetoric that plays to the big tax image...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Eric Cantor, Tax Increases, and Soup Kitchens

September 30, 2011 –
PolitiFact’s Lou Jacobson recently pointed me to a blog post by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor complaining that President Obama’s proposal to limit itemized deductions...
Individual Taxes

Taxes and Energy Policy

September 29, 2011 –
Last week I had the opportunity to testify before two Ways and Means subcommittees--Select Revenue Measures and Oversight--about the way our tax system is used...