Showing posts with label tax expenditures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tax expenditures. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Obama and further deficit reduction

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In response to Obama's reiteration during a pre-Super Bowl interview that he's seeking new revenue by curbing tax deductions for the...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

If loophole closures are benefit cuts, are benefit cuts tax hikes?

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Eduardo Porter suggests that raising new tax revenue by cutting loopholes opens up a semantic loophole: Though the offer to raise money b...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Coburn: ending the ethanol subsidy is (half?) a tax cut

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I have been intrigued in the past to note that some conservatives characterize reductions in "tax expenditures" -- targeted tax b...
Saturday, February 26, 2011

In weekly address, Obama lays markers for long-term deficit reduction

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As I've suggested before , I regard Obama's investment agenda and proposed budget as a carefully laid frame for negotiation of a pla...
Friday, February 18, 2011

Chambliss, Coburn, Crapo to Norquist: kowtow or brush-off?

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No question, Ramesh Ponnuru is far more attuned than I will ever be to linguistic code of true-blue GOP supply siders. So perhaps I should a...
Monday, November 15, 2010

"Cuts"? Or "tax cuts"?

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The Dish flags Heather MacDonald's challenge to the Tea Party to get serious about deficit reduction. I find MacDonald's terminolo...
Saturday, February 20, 2010

Rudolph Penner points a steep path toward budget salvation: tax reform and health care reform

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As Ezra Klein points out, the long-range budget options laid out in a detailed analysis of the nation's fiscal future under the leaders...