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AEI's Tax Policy Outlook SERIES
The burden of excise taxes in the America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 will largely fall on patients, meaning sick patients will be subsidizing the health care of other sick patients.
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Political rhetoric--and policy--favor small business, but, in reality, big businesses play a critical role in economic growth and job creation.
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The Bradford X tax offers an attractive, if little-known, form of progressive consumption taxation.
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The Tax That Wasn't
Retirees need better information about the Social Security earnings test, and policymakers should consider whether the earnings test makes sense at all.
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Rather than colluding to maintain the corporate income tax, countries should switch to better-designed revenue sources.
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By eliminating the deductibility of interest, accelerating depreciation schedules, and reducing the corporate tax rate, we can reduce the effective marginal tax rate and improve U.S. competitiveness.
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Shifting the tax burden to older workers would allow the young to save more, invest more, pay down debts, and put the United States on a firmer fiscal footing.
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Raising tax rates for the top 1-2 percent of taxpayers is an inefficient way of generating revenue.
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An Early Assessment
Although the pay-go rule will probably be manageable this year, how will it fare in 2008?
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A Better System?
Some people have hailed the alternative minimum tax as a flat, low-rate, broad-based tax that would be a good replacement for the regular income tax. A closer look dispels this rosy view.
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Economic Outlook In the latest Economic Outlook, John H. Makin says the Fed should not try to stop the dollar's slide. Read more.
Russian Outlook In a new Russian Outlook, Leon Aron examines what Russia's company towns reveal about the country's economy. Read more.
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