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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Five Things You Should Know about Mitt Romney’s “$5 Trillion Tax Cut”

October 12, 2012 –
You’ve probably heard claims that Mitt Romney wants to cut taxes by $5 trillion. Here are five things you should know about that figure: 1...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Can Romney Cut Taxes for the Rich Without Reducing Their Share of Taxes? Yes, but….

October 11, 2012 –
President Obama says Governor Romney will cut taxes for high-income households by $250,000. Romney counters that under his plan, the rich will pay the same...
Individual Taxes

Marginal Tax Rates Matter More than Average Tax Rates

October 9, 2012 –
Each year when I complete my federal income tax return, Turbotax tells me my average tax rate—how much tax I owe measured as a percentage...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

What Did We Learn from the Presidential Debate? Not Much.

October 4, 2012 –
The breathlessly-hyped debate between President Obama and Governor Romney left me with an empty feeling. There were many words--oh, there were words-- but even the...
Individual Taxes

A Modest Proposal: Five Ways to Tax the 47 Percent

September 27, 2012 –
Let’s say you are truly offended that 47 percent of Americans don’t pay income tax. Just complaining won't fix the problem. All those freeloaders are...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Will Romney Scale Back Rate Cuts If Congress Won’t Curb Tax Breaks?

September 25, 2012 –
Yesterday, Kevin Hassett, an American Enterprise Institute economist and informal adviser to Mitt Romney, insisted that Romney would not raise taxes on low- and middle-income...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

About the 47 Percent Who Don’t Pay Federal Income Tax: Mitt, Meet Andrea

September 19, 2012 –
About that 47 percent: Let me introduce you to Andrea. When I met her a couple of years ago, she was a home health aide...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Why Do People Pay No Federal Income Tax?

September 18, 2012 –
The percentage of Americans who don’t pay income tax is making headlines again. However, the story hasn’t changed since I blogged about it last year...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

What Mitt Romney Didn’t Learn from Ronald Reagan

September 14, 2012 –
If only Mitt Romney had paid attention to Ronald Reagan. There are so many things the former Massachusetts governor could learn from the former California...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

What Was Missing from Obama’s Convention

September 7, 2012 –
We now know more about Joe and Jill Biden’s dating history than we do about what Biden and Barack Obama would do in a second...