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Federal Budget and Economy

A First Look At The Revenue Provisions Of Biden’s 2024 Budget

March 9, 2023 –
A First Look At The Revenue Provisions Of Biden’s 2024 Budget President Biden’s 2024 budget would raise taxes by more than $4.5 trillion over the...

What Paul Krugman Gets Wrong About Social Security

March 6, 2023 –
People may disagree about whether to raise taxes or limit the growth of benefits to extend the solvency of the Social Security trust funds. But...
Biden delivering his 2023 state of the union address to a joint session of Congress
Federal Budget and Economy

CBO: $19 Trillion In New Debt Over The Next Decade, Mostly From Programs Nobody Will Cut

February 16, 2023 –
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the national debt will increase by $19 trillion over the next decade under current law, $3 trillion more than it...
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Federal Budget and Economy

Balancing The Federal Budget In 10 Years Without Raising Taxes Is….Impossible

January 17, 2023 –
House Republicans say they want to balance the federal budget in 10 years by cutting spending only, and seem to have received a promise from...
Federal Budget and Economy

In The Context Of The Federal Budget, The Inflation Reduction Act Wasn’t Very Big

September 12, 2022 –
It’s always tempting to exaggerate the importance of the latest big fight in Congress. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) made some major policy...
Federal Budget and Economy

Why Congress Will Borrow To Help Ukraine But May Pay For New COVID-19 Medical Costs With Offsetting Spending Cuts

May 17, 2022 –
Why is Congress prepared to spend billions of dollars for new aid to Ukraine without requiring offsetting tax increases or spending cuts at the same...
Federal Budget and Economy

Why Another Brutal Filing Season for The IRS May Not Help It Get More Funding

April 18, 2022 –
The Internal Revenue Service has limped through yet another tax filing season, reduced to plugging staffing holes in customer service and returns processing by shifting...
Federal Budget and Economy

Congress's Fiscal Drama Isn't What It Seems

September 24, 2021 –
Welcome to Fall. The season where, predicably, the weather gets cooler, the leaves change color, and Congress puts on its annual fiscal crisis. This year,...
Federal Budget and Economy

How Today’s Unsustainable Budget Is Stopping a Marshall Plan for Vaccines

August 30, 2021 –
In 1948, Congress and President Truman adopted the Marshall Plan that at its peak provided about 2 percent of total US gross domestic product to...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Paying for Infrastructure With Pixie Dust

June 29, 2021 –
President Biden and a bipartisan group of senators have agreed to the framework of a plan to boost infrastructure spending by about $579 billion. On...
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The Tax Gap’s Many Shades of Gray (Brief)

  • Tax Professor Daniel Hemel
Daniel Hemel, Janet Holtzblatt, Steven M. Rosenthal
February 22, 2022

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