Ryan’s Goal: Low Taxes and Small Government, not a Balanced Budget
Paul Ryan is often identified as a deficit hawk. And while he regularly talks about the importance of balanced budgets, that’s not what matters most to the GOP’s soon-to-be vice presidential nominee....
View ArticleShould Congress Curb Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds?
As politicians and their allies look for ways to finance tax rate cuts, a surprising option is getting a great deal of attention among conservatives: The tax exemption for municipal bonds. Mitt...
View ArticleFeldstein’s Analysis Doesn’t Refute TPC Findings, It Confirms Them
In a recent paper, we showed that any revenue-neutral tax reform that included Governor Romney’s specific tax cuts and that met his stated goal of not raising taxes on saving and investment would cut...
View ArticleWhat Happened to Tax Reform at Mitt Romney’s Convention?
Yes, political conventions are costly anachronisms. But, with patience and time, one can learn quite a lot about a political party by watching, or reading, what the confab produces. Thus, a few...
View ArticleWhat Was Missing from Obama’s Convention
We now know more about Joe and Jill Biden’s dating history than we do about what Biden and Barack Obama would do in a second term. I understand the desire to turn politics into just another episode of...
View ArticleWhat Mitt Romney Didn’t Learn from Ronald Reagan
If only Mitt Romney had paid attention to Ronald Reagan. There are so many things the former Massachusetts governor could learn from the former California governor’s presidential campaigns. But I have...
View ArticleWhy Do People Pay No Federal Income Tax?
The percentage of Americans who don’t pay income tax is making headlines again. However, the story hasn’t changed since I blogged about it last year and my TPC colleagues and I analyzed why in a longer...
View ArticleAbout the 47 Percent Who Don’t Pay Federal Income Tax: Mitt, Meet Andrea
About that 47 percent: Let me introduce you to Andrea. When I met her a couple of years ago, she was a home health aide who typically worked six days-a-week and often put in 50 hours. She loved her...
View ArticleWill Romney Scale Back Rate Cuts If Congress Won’t Curb Tax Breaks?
Yesterday, Kevin Hassett, an American Enterprise Institute economist and informal adviser to Mitt Romney, insisted that Romney would not raise taxes on low- and middle-income households in order to...
View ArticleWhat Did We Learn from the Presidential Debate? Not Much.
The breathlessly-hyped debate between President Obama and Governor Romney left me with an empty feeling. There were many words–oh, there were words– but even the most casual observer of the campaign...
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