TaxVox: Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Five Challenges for Obama’s Tough Second-Term

November 7, 2012 –
Barack Obama has pulled off the easy part. He got re-elected. Now, he faces a second term full of painful choices. You could see it...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Which presidents spend the most? You might be surprised.

November 2, 2012 –
Part of the election debate is about who can be trusted to tame the debt. Both candidates promise to be fiscally responsible and both provide...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

A Disappointing Presidential Campaign Comes to an End

November 1, 2012 –
With the U.S. facing huge domestic policy challenges, one might have hoped for a serious debate on fiscal issues between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney...
Individual Taxes

What is Mitt Romney’s Tax Plan?

October 29, 2012 –
With the presidential campaign finally reaching a soggy finish, TaxVox is taking a final pre-election look at the tax policies of Barack Obama and Mitt...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

What Is Barack Obama’s Tax Plan?

October 25, 2012 –
After all the promises and finger-pointing, the presidential campaign is nearly over. But since the race has shed more heat than light on how each...
Individual Taxes

Protecting the Child Tax Credit at the Fiscal Cliff

October 25, 2012 –
The Child Tax Credit (CTC), a key piece of the safety net for low- and moderate-income families, is in jeopardy as the nation hurtles towards...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The Ten Biggest Differences between the Romney and Obama Tax Plans

October 23, 2012 –
When it comes to taxes, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are almost perfect mirror images of one another. Here are ten ways their tax plans...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Understanding TPC’s Analysis of Limiting Deductions

October 19, 2012 –
The Tax Policy Center’s new tables showing the revenue and distributional effects of capping itemized deductions have received a great deal of attention since we...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The Real Lesson About Capping Itemized Deductions

October 18, 2012 –
The Tax Policy Center is back in the political cauldron, this time in the wake of its new research that looks at the revenue and...
Individual Taxes

What the Joint Tax Committee Really Said About Tax Reform

October 15, 2012 –
On Friday, congressional Democrats released the results of a new analysis of base-broadening, rate-cutting tax reform by the Joint Committee on Taxation. For reformers everywhere...