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Federal Budget and Economy

Paul Ryan’s Budget Plan: More Big Tax Cuts for the Rich

March 23, 2012 –
No surprise here, but the tax cuts in Paul Ryan’s 2013 budget plan would result in huge benefits for high-income people and very modest—or no—...
Federal Budget and Economy

The Budget Message Paul Ryan Really Sent

March 22, 2012 –
Paul Ryan may not have intended it, but his 2013 budget is the strongest argument I’ve seen for why any serious fiscal plan must include...
Federal Budget and Economy

Will Obama’s 2013 Budget Raise or Lower Taxes? Yes.

March 21, 2012 –
Republicans like to say President Obama is a chronic, unrepentant tax-raiser. Obama himself used to say he was a tax-cutter but now touts himself as...
Federal Budget and Economy

Ryan's Mystery Meat Budget

March 20, 2012 –
I am weary of mystery meat. The latest serving was dished out today by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), who released a fiscal...
Federal Budget and Economy

Time to End Washington’s Trust Fund Gimmicks

March 16, 2012 –
Why do we bother with government trust funds? As the Senate’s just-passed highway bill proved yet again, Congress is turning these funds into little more...
Federal Budget and Economy

How Will Romney Pay for His Tax Cuts?

March 8, 2012 –
Mitt Romney has proposed massive new tax cuts and promised to balance the federal budget. How will he achieve these seemingly contradictory goals? For now,...
Federal Budget and Economy

Romney 2.0: Generous Tax Cuts, But How Will He Pay for Them?

March 1, 2012 –
The Tax Policy Center has updated its analysis of Mitt Romney’s platform to reflect his proposed new tax cuts. And the result: Lower taxes for...
Federal Budget and Economy

Playing Favorites in the Corporate Tax Code

February 24, 2012 –
The President’s new Framework for Business Tax Reform is two documents in one. The first diagnoses the many flaws in America’s business tax system, and...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Most GOP Presidential Candidates Would Increase the Deficit

February 23, 2012 –
Republican Presidential candidates say--all the time--that they hate budget deficits. A linchpin of each of their campaigns is a promise to slash government and eliminate...
Federal Budget and Economy

Budget Gimmicks Are Alive and Well in the Payroll Tax Cut

February 21, 2012 –
The other day, I criticized the unwillingness of Congress to finance the latest extension of the payroll tax cut. Since that blog, the Congressional Budget...