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Is The Stimulus Rebate A Universal Basic Income?

March 25, 2020 –
Congress is about to pass a massive economic stimulus package that will, among other things, send cash to most American households. The so-called rebates amount...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Sanders Proposes A $23 Trillion Tax Increase, Mostly On High-Income Households And Businesses

March 19, 2020 –
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) would increase federal taxes by more than $23 trillion over 10 years, according to a new analysis by the Tax Policy...
State and Local Issues

Critics Argue The Property Tax Is Unfair. Do They Have A Point?

March 9, 2020 –
Last month, an Idaho lawmaker called the property tax “ inherently evil ” and suggested the state repeal it and replace the foregone revenue with...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Biden Would Raise Taxes by $4 Trillion Over 10 Years, Mostly on The Highest-Income Households

March 5, 2020 –
Former Vice-president Joe Biden would raise taxes by nearly $4 trillion over the next decade, about 1.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). And nearly...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

How the Tax Policy Center Analyzes Presidential Candidates’ Tax Plans

March 3, 2020 –
TPC is about to begin releasing its estimates of the revenue and distributional effects of the 2020 presidential candidates’ tax proposals, a project we’ve done...

What Do Federal Taxes Have To Do With Your Public Transit?

March 2, 2020 –
At a recent forum on infrastructure, Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and Tom Steyer discussed their proposals to bolster spending on...
Individual Taxes

Expanding The EITC To Include Family Caregivers

February 21, 2020 –
A handful of the remaining Democratic presidential candidates remain committed to increasing the earned income tax credit (EITC), particularly for workers without children at home...

What Do The Sanders-Biden Fights Over Protecting Social Security Mean?

February 14, 2020 –
Social Security is back in the headlines. Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders attacked his rival for the nomination, former Vice-President Joe Biden , for his...
Federal Budget and Economy

Trump’s 10 Year Revenue Estimates Would Fall By At Least $3 Trillion With Realistic Economic Assumptions

February 12, 2020 –
The Trump Administration would miss its revenue targets by at least $3 trillion under more realistic economic assumptions...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

“Don’t Tax Me, Don’t Tax Thee, Tax That Person Who’s Richer Than… We.”

February 5, 2020 –
Presidential primary season is here, and the Democrats’ talk of taxing the rich grows louder. Those proposals spark interesting conversations among my friends.