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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.
Individual Taxes

Can Harris And Booker’s Plans Help Poor People Avoid Eviction?

February 7, 2019 –
Remember Evicted , Matthew Desmond’s harrowing account of the housing travails of low-income families in Milwaukee? Undoubtedly senators (and presidential hopefuls) Cory Booker and Kamala...
Individual Taxes

Political Campaigns and Tax Incentives: Do We Give to Get?

January 2, 2019 –
Can tax policy encourage more individuals to make small donations to political campaigns?
Individual Taxes

The Theological Battle Over Tax Credits Versus Tax Deductions

March 30, 2017 –
Among the ruins of the American Health Care Act, there remains an important debate over tax credits versus tax deductions . This turns out to...
Individual Taxes

Simplifying and Targeting Tax Subsidies for Child Care

March 23, 2017 –
Two tax benefits—the child and dependent care tax credit (CDCTC) and the employer-provided child care exclusion—help families pay for work-related child care, but neither does...
Individual Taxes

Giving Olympians A Special Tax Break Wins The Gold Medal Of Bad Ideas

August 16, 2016 –
It is the season of Olympic madness. No, not cheering over the dramatic finish of the women’s 400 meter sprint. That would make sense. Rather,...
taxes
Business Taxes

How A Carbon Tax Could Have Prevented The Volkswagen Diesel Scandal

October 12, 2015 –
If anyone needed another example of why a carbon tax is a good idea, look no further than Volkswagen’s diesel scandal. The automaker’s efforts to...
Individual Taxes

The Case of the Carrot in Need of a Stick: A Tax Credit for Paid Family Leave

October 7, 2015 –
My husband and I started our family in 2005. We both worked full-time: He for a large multinational corporation, and I for a small nonprofit. My...
Individual Taxes

Clinton Would Tinker With, Not Rewrite, the Tax Code

August 11, 2015 –
While many Republican presidential candidates are promoting their versions of broad-based tax reform, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton so far...