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Federal Budget and Economy

Should We Cut Corporate Taxes By Raising Rates on Investors?

March 29, 2011 –
While there seems to be growing agreement in Washington that the U.S. needs to cut its tax rate on corporations, there is (surprise) no consensus...
Federal Budget and Economy

The Future of the CLASS Act and Long-Term Care

March 24, 2011 –
The Community Living Services and Supports (CLASS) Act is an extraordinary case study in both budget and health care politics, and in the toxic political...
Federal Budget and Economy

Time Management and the Budget Debate

March 23, 2011 –
In a guest column at CNN Money , I suggest that Washington is suffering from time-management issues in its approach to the budget. America faces...
Federal Budget and Economy

TPC Looks at the Obama Budget and Taxes

March 22, 2011 –
Remember President Obama’s 2012 budget—the fiscal framework he released in February. You’d be forgiven if you’ve forgotten. After all, Washington can’t seem to stop squabbling...
Federal Budget and Economy

The GOP Choice: Smaller Government or Lower Deficits

March 15, 2011 –
“The goal is to reduce the size and scope of government spending, not to focus on the deficit." Grover Norquist You’ve got to give Grover...
Federal Budget and Economy

Conrad Builds a Case Against Tax Subsidies

March 10, 2011 –
Interesting to see Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) working hard to build a case for trimming the $1 trillion in tax breaks that...
Federal Budget and Economy

What Would Happen if Congress Rewrote the Mortgage Interest Deduction?

March 1, 2011 –
The deduction for interest on home mortgages may be the most beloved of all tax subsidies. A politician needs only to muse about repealing or...
Federal Budget and Economy

Can Tax and Social Security Heresy Lead to a Budget Deal?

February 24, 2011 –
Ideological heresy may not quite be breaking out all over Washington, but in the growing debate over the burgeoning debt, there are helpful hints of...
Federal Budget and Economy

Why Obama Punted on Deficit Reduction

February 22, 2011 –
The latest Republican talking point is that President Obama is “punting” on his fiscal responsibilities by not proposing deep cuts in Medicare and Social Security...
Federal Budget and Economy

Tax Reform: The Wheels Are Beginning to Turn

February 18, 2011 –
A recent column in the Christian Science Monitor (first appeared here ): America's tax system is broken. It's needlessly complex, economically harmful, and often unfair...