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Eight Lessons on How to Design Tax Reform

October 13, 2017 –
Endorsing the concept of tax reform is just one small step towards making it a reality. How do lawmakers, who are confronted with an almost...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Yes, Congress Could Tax Business At 15 Percent In A Revenue-, Distributionally-, and Economically-Neutral Way.

August 22, 2017 –
The tax outline proposed by President Trump last April, built around a 15 percent business tax rate, has three deep flaws: It could add more...

Outside Research Organizations Can’t Replace CBO’s Budget Team

July 25, 2017 –
The House Freedom Caucus wants to eliminate the Budget Analysis Division at the Congressional Budget Office and rely on outside research organizations, including the Urban...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Replacing The Individual Mandate to Buy Health Insurance: A First Step To Compromise

June 14, 2017 –
The Trump Administration and congressional Republicans remain stalemated over how to “repeal and replace” the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA). One major problem: The House...
State and Local Issues

What do immigrants cost state and local governments?

June 8, 2017 –
Heated debates about travel bans and border walls seem to dominate the news cycle, but what do we really know about the effects of immigration?...
Federal Budget and Economy

Washington’s New Definition Of Budget Success

April 3, 2017 –
The country is now living under a stopgap spending measure called a continuing resolution. Roughly speaking, it continues the 2016 level and pattern of appropriated...
Federal Budget and Economy

Six bipartisan opportunities for president-elect Trump

November 21, 2016 –
I have never believed that candidates should lay out detailed policy agendas in their campaigns. While broad outlines are helpful, the specifics are too complex...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Finding A Politician Who Would Pay For What She Promises

May 3, 2016 –
The folks over at the Committee for A Responsible Federal Budget have added up the cost of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton’s policy platform and how she’d finance it. And, lo and behold, it looks like she’d actually pay for nearly all she wants to do. In contemporary American politics, this is nothing short of amazing.
Individual Taxes

Are Accrued Capital Gains Income in the Year You Die?

February 2, 2015 –
The Tax Policy Center’s tables showing the distribution of President Obama’s new income tax proposals indicate that some middle-class households...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

How Obama’s Tax Plan Will Redistribute Income from the Very Rich To The Poor

January 28, 2015 –
President Obama’s latest tax package, which he’ll unveil in detail next week along with his new budget, would lower taxes for low-income households...