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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Rick Perry’s Social Security Myth

September 8, 2011 –
Texas Governor Rick Perry is being rightly criticized for his loony claims about Social Security in last night’s GOP presidential debate. But what troubles me...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Will Romney’s Modest Capital Gains Tax Cut Hurt With the GOP?

September 6, 2011 –
Welcome to the season of jobs plans. GOP presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman offered his last week. President Obama will propose his before Thursday night's football...
Federal Budget and Economy

The Do-Nothing Fiscal Fix: Recipe for Recession

September 1, 2011 –
Given Washington’s endless partisan nastiness—and thanks to some updated estimates by the Congressional Budget Office--it seems like a good time to revisit an old idea:...
Federal Budget and Economy

A Grim Prognosis for Deficit Reduction

August 30, 2011 –
The other day, I spent a few hours with some of Washington’s most experienced budget experts. The session was off-the-record, so I can’t tell you...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Do Republicans Really Want to Cut Taxes on the Wealthy and Raise Them on Everyone Else?

August 25, 2011 –
Of all the curious rhetoric floating around both Washington and the campaign trail, the strangest may be the demand of many Republicans that Congress raise...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The Coming Payroll Tax Role Reversal

August 18, 2011 –
In a couple of weeks, President Obama will ask Congress to extend this year’s payroll tax cut. It will surely become a classic Washington double-reverse...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Rick Perry, Texas, and Taxes

August 16, 2011 –
Texas Governor Rick Perry, the latest entrant in the GOP presidential sweepstakes, swaggers into the race as the very personification of a low-tax, small-government, Lone...
Federal Budget and Economy

How Congress Can Cap Tax Breaks

August 11, 2011 –
Sooner or later, Congress will realize it needs new revenues to help balance the budget, and trimming tax subsidies is the way to get them...
Federal Budget and Economy

Ten Things You Should Know About the Debt Limit Deal

August 4, 2011 –
Now that we’ve had a few days to absorb the debt limit agreement signed by President Obama on Aug. 2, it might be useful to...
Federal Budget and Economy

Unfinished Business after the Debt Deal

August 3, 2011 –
Congress headed off for its summer vacation yesterday, exhausted after the protracted wrangling over the debt limit that ended with a whimper when President Obama...