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Op-Ed: How to Pay for the Payroll Tax Cut
Read moreThe Atlantic | December 12, 2011 A solution to pay for $300 billion of stimulus that doesn't include the words "tax hike" or "spending cut" (Reuters)...
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Paying for the Extenders
Read moreWith so many provisions set to expire at the end of the year, CRFB has released a new paper that details what lawmakers have to extend and how they...
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Questions for the Candidates
Read moreThis Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa, the Republican presidential candidates will debate for one of the last times before the Iowa caucuses on January 3...
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Another Proposal to Extend the Payroll Tax Cut and Other Policies
Read moreFinding a way to extend the payroll tax cut, along with the many other expiring provisions this year, continues to be a dominating issue for Congress...
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Spotlight on the States: Internet Sales Tax
Read moreBreaking from traditional posts in our Spotlight on the States series, this blog focuses not on one state's budget, but on an issue that directly...
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Senate Working to Extend Payroll Tax Cut
Read moreToday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) unveiled another proposal for how to both extend and expand the payroll tax cuts and pay for them...
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Paying for Any Payroll Tax Cuts
Read moreLater this week, Senate majority leader Harry Reid is expected to hold a vote on the two largest components of President Obama’s jobs bill, totaling...
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Sen. Portman to Propose Corporate Tax Reform Early Next Year
Read moreAt an American Enterprise Institute event yesterday, Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that he will unveil a plan to reform the corporate tax code in...
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Deja Vu All Over Again: Another Busy December
Read moreNews flash: Congress has a huge checklist to take care of. Many expiring tax provisions need to be dealt with, along with other temporary policies and...
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Again on the Facts of the Chained CPI
Read moreIt's amazing how sequences in Washington can repeat themselves. Back in June, when switching to the chained CPI was talked about as an option in the...
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Revisiting the Feldstein-Feenberg-MacGuineas Cap
Read moreBoth parties are studying cuts in tax expenditures (TEs) as a means to reduce the federal deficit. Super Committee Republicans have offered a proposal...