TaxVox: Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

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Individual Taxes

Small Business and Taxes

May 22, 2011 –
We’ve all heard the allegation: President Obama wants to raise taxes on “small business.” But buried in that claim is a massive amount of confusion...
Individual Taxes

Too Many Cooks on Tax Policy?

May 16, 2011 –
I’m preparing a presentation on our tax system for a group of visiting foreign tax officials and they wanted to know how responsibilities are divided...
Federal Budget and Economy

Jon Stewart's Fake News on Tax Expenditures

May 11, 2011 –
Dear Jon, The Daily Show is my favorite TV show. I think you’re the smartest policy analyst on television. (Okay, as you prove time after...
Federal Budget and Economy

There They Go Again: The ‘People’s Budget’ and High Tax Rates

April 28, 2011 –
Will Donald Trump bring Barack Obama’s birth certificate to the Royal wedding? I have no idea, but now that I’ve made our Web optimization folks...
Individual Taxes

April 15 May Get Less Taxing if Debt Cutters Have Their Way

April 18, 2011 –
I should be doing my taxes, but instead I’m writing this column. When I’m done with that, maybe I’ll do some ironing. I’d do anything...
Federal Budget and Economy

What Taxes Does Obama Want to Raise?

April 14, 2011 –
In yesterday’s budget speech , President Obama said that one leg of his fiscal policy stool is “tax reform to cut about $1 trillion in...
Federal Budget and Economy

Obama, Ryan, and the Parameters of the Budget Debate

April 13, 2011 –
Imagine for a moment you walk into a dealership to buy the vehicle of your dreams. The salesman asks what you want to pay. You...
Federal Budget and Economy

The House GOP Budget: Lots of Change, and Many Questions

April 5, 2011 –
If you view a budget as a vision of government, the House GOP’s fiscal map unveiled today charts a profound course correction for Washington and...
Federal Budget and Economy

One Man's Interpretation of the Euphemisms

April 1, 2011 –
As my TPC colleague Howard Gleckman noted , there's a lot of euphemizing in the bevy of recent letters calling on our elected leaders to...
Federal Budget and Economy

The Deficit, Euphemisms, and Hard Choices

March 31, 2011 –
If we are going to make real progress on deficit reduction, politicians will, sooner or later, have to stop talking in code. The “adult conversation”...