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Are We In For a (Tax) Cliff Hanger?
Read moreIn honor of Tax Day on Tuesday, we will be doing blogs this week about the current shape of the tax code and what can be done to fix it. Our first...
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Gregg: Reconvene Simpson-Bowles Commission
Read moreWith the fiscal cliff approaching and no solution yet emerging, former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) has an interesting idea: bring back the Fiscal...
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The 2013 Budget Process Moves Forward...Sort Of
Read moreThe House Republican budget resolution included reconciliation instructions to six committees to find $261 billion in savings over ten years intended...
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News Flash: The Purpose of Taxes Is to Pay for Government
Read moreMatt Miller and Ezra Klein wrote op-eds on Wednesday with a very similar message: neither party is doing themselves or the country any favor with...
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Trust Funds and the Budget
Read moreCharles Blahous's paper on the Affordable Care Act has sparked a lot of buzz, leading to some discussion about "double-counting" the Medicare savings...
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Economics of the Fiscal Cliff
Read moreOur recent paper on the fiscal cliff details the short-term or longer-term economic problems that the country will face if lawmakers either allow...
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A Short History of CRFB's Budget Simulators
Read moreCongressional Quarterly's John Cranford has a nice profile of CRFB's " Stabilize the Debt" budget simulator. If you have not done so already, it is...
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Budgetary and Tax Impact of the 'Buffett Rule'
Read moreWith the "Buffett Rule" set to get a vote in the Senate next week, we felt it was a good time to take a more in-depth look at the proposed policy --...
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Donald Marron Looks at the Current Size of Tax Expenditures
Read moreTax Policy Center president Donald Marron has a brief in Tax Notes that shows that spending on tax expenditures are higher than the commonly reported...
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Line Items: Easter Egg Edition
Read moreWhat the Bunny Left Behind – We’ve given up on giving things up for Lent, Passover will be passing, and the Easter Bunny has hopped into the pastel...
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MY VIEW: Eugene Steuerle April 2012
Read moreIn the latest post in his ongoing "The Government We Deserve" series, CRFB board member Eugene Steuerle stated that regardless of how the Supreme...