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in Fiscal Policy and Taxes
In today's economic context, where an ever-increasing portion of the U.S. budget deficit is being financed by foreigners and where entitlement programs threaten to compound an already highly compromised public finance position, there is real risk of either a destructive burst of inflation or an outright government debt default.
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Countries with deficits that averaged about 20 percent of GDP have historically proceeded down three divergent paths. This paper discusses the historical evidence along each of these three paths and compares the current U.S. situation to past experiences.
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Replacing all of the seven different tax credits allowed under the current tax code with a simple policy holds significant promise.
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The stimulus bill has set the United States up for a truly momentous year in the history of tax policy.
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By Karlyn Bowman
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AEI Studies in Public Opinion
Friday, April 10, 2009
This document brings together trends from major survey organizations and commentary on the tax burden, value for tax dollars, tax fairness, progressivity, taxes and the deficit, politicians' credibility on taxes, and finally, views of the IRS, and preparing taxes.
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Until recently, there was wide consensus among macroeconomists that activist fiscal policy was inadvisable.
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The ex-ante best U.S. Social Security replacement rate structure is fairly "flat."
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This paper examines policies to index Social Security taxes or benefits to changes in the ratio of workers to beneficiaries, allowing for auto-correction for changing demographic factors.
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By Karlyn Bowman
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AEI Studies in Public Opinion
Thursday, June 26, 2008
This study measuresopinion on tax burden, value for tax dollars, tax fairness, progressivity, taxes and the deficit, politicians' credibility on taxes,the IRS, and preparing taxes.
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Reform of tax policy is a necessary condition for the efficient reform of our health care system.
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AEI Education Stimulus Watch The AEI Education Stimulus Watch (ESW) is a quarterly series of special reports on the K-12 education implications of the federal government's economic stimulus package. Adjunct scholar Andy Smarick tracks this unparalleled federal investment in schooling and examines whether these funds are yielding innovation and improvement or merely subsidizing the status quo.
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