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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Two Good New Books on Tax Reform

March 6, 2012 –
If you are interested in a serious but accessible look at my favorite topic—tax reform—check out two new books. One, The Benefit and the Burden...
Federal Budget and Economy

Romney 2.0: Generous Tax Cuts, But How Will He Pay for Them?

March 1, 2012 –
The Tax Policy Center has updated its analysis of Mitt Romney’s platform to reflect his proposed new tax cuts. And the result: Lower taxes for...
Individual Taxes

Cutting Tax Rates by 20 Percent Could Add $3 Trillion to the Deficit Over a Decade

February 29, 2012 –
Last week, Mitt Romney proposed a new tax plan that would, among other things, reduce individual tax rates by 20 percent across the board and...
Individual Taxes

Growing Consensus on Corporate Tax Reform? Not So Much

February 28, 2012 –
At first glance, it looked like President Obama and congressional Republicans were miraculously headed in the same direction on corporate tax reform. Reform plans by...
Federal Budget and Economy

Playing Favorites in the Corporate Tax Code

February 24, 2012 –
The President’s new Framework for Business Tax Reform is two documents in one. The first diagnoses the many flaws in America’s business tax system, and...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Most GOP Presidential Candidates Would Increase the Deficit

February 23, 2012 –
Republican Presidential candidates say--all the time--that they hate budget deficits. A linchpin of each of their campaigns is a promise to slash government and eliminate...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Mitt Romney’s Challenge

February 23, 2012 –
Mitt Romney has added a new plank to his campaign tax platform : Cut all ordinary tax rates by a fifth. That would bring the...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Inside Obama’s Framework for Business Tax Reform

February 22, 2012 –
Here’s what I love about President Obama’s Framework for Business Tax Reform : His diagnosis of the problem is spot on. In just a few...
Federal Budget and Economy

Perspectives on Tax Reform from Rudy Penner and Donald Marron

February 17, 2012 –
In the current issue of the journal The International Economy , ten economic thinkers shared their views on how best to restructure the tax system...
Federal Budget and Economy

President’s 2013 Budget Would Enable Almost All Americans to Save for Retirement

February 16, 2012 –
The new 2013 budget unveiled by President Obama on Monday again contains the Automatic IRA , which was developed by Brookings' Retirement Security Project in...