Fiscal Cliff
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Models for Tax Reform
Continuing on our Tax Week theme, this blog will focus on the various models there are for tax reform. Obviously, there are an almost unlimited number...
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MY VIEW: Marc Goldwein and Jason Peuquet
Today is Tax Day and Financial Literacy Day, and just as we examine our own finances, our federal government should do the same. In The Hill, CRFB's...
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Are We In For a (Tax) Cliff Hanger?
In 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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The 2013 Budget Process Moves Forward...Sort Of
The House Republican budget resolution included reconciliation instructions to six committees to find $261 billion in savings over ten years intended...
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Economics of the Fiscal Cliff
Our 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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IMF Warns of Fiscal Gimmickry
The IMF has a new report out called " Accounting Devices and Fiscal Illusions," a handy guide to different types of fiscal trickery that have been...
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An Addendum to the Fiscal Cliff
Via Twitter, Tax Policy Center director Donald Marron (@dmarron) makes a good point after reading our analysis last week of the "fiscal cliff" at the...
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What Congress Should Do With the Fiscal Cliff
With a large number of policies set to expire or kick in at the end of the year, with serious fiscal impacts, CRFB has released a paper laying out the...
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The House Republican Approach to the Sequester
One of the more complicated aspects of Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget is what he does with the sequester that will take effect on January 2, 2013 due...
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Jumping Through Hoops to Avoid the Sequester
Yesterday, in POLITICO David Rogers had an article about an effort in the House to temporarily delay the sequester scheduled to hit at year's end. As...
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Bill Frenzel: Super committee can't tackle real debt problem
In a commentary for CNN, CRFB co-chair Bill Frenzel lamented the small goal that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (or the "super...
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MY VIEW: Barry Anderson
As the impacts of the economic recession continue to fade, serious debate on the direction of fiscal policy is finally beginning with very different...