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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

How Warren’s Promises May Exceed Her Ability To Pay, And Teach Voters An Important Lesson

April 24, 2019 –
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has proposed a long list of detailed, ambitious, and very expensive campaign ideas. And she has described how she’d pay for them:...

Four Ways To Tell When A Tax Proposal Is Serious

April 11, 2019 –
With the new Congress well into its legislative season and many Democratic presidential hopefuls in full campaign mode, policy ideas are flying fast and furious...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

"Tell me what you want, what you really, really want..."

March 6, 2019 –
I asked some parents to make a choice. Their response was perhaps not what Warren hoped for, given her proposed Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act.
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Inside The Warren Vs. Harris Battle Over Tax Progressivity

January 28, 2019 –
Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) both want to be elected President of the United States in 2020. Both believe that the federal...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Reading President Bush’s Lips

December 5, 2018 –
George H.W. Bush probably gave a thousand speeches in his life. But many people remember just six words.

Remembering John McCain’s Tax Agenda

August 27, 2018 –
During primary season in 2000, I came upon my boss—a longtime Democratic insider—reading John McCain's tax plan. “It’s really good,” he said, and a lot...
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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

In A Trade War, The Enemy Is Us

July 23, 2018 –
Walt Kelly ’s comic strip character Pogo said: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” It seems a particularly apt metaphor for the...

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

Investors May Be Waiting For A Tax Cut To Sell But Congress Could Fix The Lock-In Problem

June 16, 2017 –
Federal tax receipts have been coming in more slowly than expected, according to the Congressional Budget Office . Through the first eight months of the...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Four Facts for Trump's Infrastructure Week

June 6, 2017 –
The Trump administration is focusing on infrastructure this week. In a series of events, the president and his staff will promote their $1 trillion investment...