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Hillary Clinton’s Complex, Gimmicky Profit-Sharing Plan

July 21, 2015 –
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has offered a new tax subsidy to encourage firms to share profits with their employees. The idea...
Federal Budget and Economy

Hillary Clinton Outlines Her Play-It-Safe Tax Agenda

July 13, 2015 –
In what her campaign billed as a major economic policy speech today in New York, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton outlined her...
Individual Taxes

Rand Paul’s Tax Cut Isn't Quite What It Seems

June 17, 2015 –
Unlike those GOP presidential hopefuls who say their tax reforms would raise the same amount of money as the current tax code, even when their actual...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Choose your tax system: progressive vs. regressive

June 5, 2015 –
Last week my Tax Policy Center colleague Len Burman explained some of the problems with the FairTax, a single-rate national retail sales tax. The...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

The Trouble with the FairTax

May 27, 2015 –
GOP Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee recently got into a spirited debate with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace about Huckabee’s proposal to replace...
Individual Taxes

Are GOP Presidential Candidates Downplaying Tax Cuts Or Hiding The Ball?

May 19, 2015 –
Last week, I blogged on the many GOP presidential candidates who are talking about tax reform rather than tax cuts. This week, tax historian Joe...
Federal Budget and Economy

Is the GOP’s Enthusiasm for Tax Cuts Going the Way of American Idol?

May 12, 2015 –
The silence is deafening. Remarkably, Republicans lining up to run for president aren't talking about cutting taxes. Tax reform? Sure. Rate cuts?...
Federal Budget and Economy

Rubio Tries to Triangulate Tax Policy

April 16, 2015 –
Newly declared GOP presidential hopeful Senator Marco Rubio is trying something truly (Bill) Clintonesque—navigating between the demands of his party...