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State and Local Issues

The Final Frontier: A Tax Break for Burial in Space

December 13, 2011 –
Just when you thought you’ve heard it all, the Virginia General Assembly is about to consider a bill that would provide a tax subsidy to...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Gingrich’s Tax Plan: Big Tax Cuts, Big Deficits

December 12, 2011 –
GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is proposing a massive tax cut aimed at the highest earning American households. Gingrich’s plan would add about $1 trillion...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Flat-tax Simplicity with a Progressive Twist

November 28, 2011 –
My latest column for the Christian Science Monitor: Tax reform has emerged as a key issue for GOP presidential hopefuls. Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants...
Federal Budget and Economy

It’s Time Stop Squabbling about the Bush Tax Cuts

November 22, 2011 –
As long as politicians keep squabbling about what to do about the Bush era tax cuts, we are doomed. There will be no serious deficit...
Federal Budget and Economy

The Deficit Super Committee: Still Not Serious

November 10, 2011 –
Is the Congress’ deficit super committee making progress? That depends on your definition of progress, I suppose. The good news is that Republicans are increasingly...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Anybody Remember Romney’s Tax Plan?

November 8, 2011 –
I’ve been reviewing the tax plans of the major Republican presidential hopefuls and am struck at how conventional Mitt Romney’s is. While Herman Cain wants...
Individual Taxes

Cutting Corporate Tax Rates: Another View

November 6, 2011 –
On Nov. 2, TaxVox reported on a new Joint Committee on Taxation study on whether it is possible to reduce the corporate tax rate to...
Federal Budget and Economy

What the GOP Candidates’ Tax Plans Leave Out

November 4, 2011 –
The economy needs fixing, all agree. So naturally, every Republican presidential candidate has a plan for changing the federal tax system. Herman Cain has his...
Individual Taxes

Mission Impossible: Cutting the Corporate Tax Rate to 25 Percent

November 2, 2011 –
It has been an article of faith among most congressional Republicans and many Democrats that the corporate tax rate should be cut from today’s top...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Perry’s Tax Plan is a Huge Tax Cut for the Wealthy, But How Big?

November 1, 2011 –
Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he wants to cut taxes for everyone and balance the budget. It's probably impossible to do both. Sadly, Perry’s new...