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Democrats Offer Lesson in Misleading on Taxes
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| By Kevin A. Hassett |
| Posted: Monday, August 18, 2008 |
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Workers will have better jobs if the United States is a more attractive climate for corporations. That means we need to reduce corporate taxes, not increase them.
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On Social Security's Birthday, Think of the Future
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| By Andrew G. Biggs |
| Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2008 |
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The retirement of the baby boomers and aging of the population will put pressure on Social Security's finances.
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Corporate Taxes Are Killing U.S. Auto Industry
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| By Kevin A. Hassett |
| Posted: Monday, August 11, 2008 |
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The auto industry's failure to keep up with competition and adjust to new market demands is worsened by a tax structure that discourages production.
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The Folly of Obama's Tax Plan
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| By Alex Brill, Alan D. Viard |
| Posted: Monday, August 11, 2008 |
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Barack Obama's proposed "tax cuts for the middle class" are actually marginal rate hikes in disguise.
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Hank Paulson's Fannie Gamble
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| By Lawrence B. Lindsey |
| Posted: Friday, August 1, 2008 |
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The world would dump the currency of any other country that announced an open-ended bank bailout.
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Proposed Rules for Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations
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| By Alex J. Pollock |
| Posted: Friday, August 1, 2008 |
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The SEC should revoke its requirement that Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations must make the records of their rating actions public.
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Windfall Tax Doesn't Work
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| By Nick Schulz |
| Posted: Friday, August 1, 2008 |
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Whatever the motivation for a windfall profits tax, the historical and economic record reminds us that such taxes will cause long-term harm that overwhelms short-term good.
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As Arizona Goes, So Goes the Nation
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| How Medicaid Ruins the States' Fiscal Health |
| By Michael S. Greve, Philip Wallach |
| Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008 |
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Medicaid's perverse incentives have led the states into a fiscal danger zone. In some states, the crisis has already arrived: Arizona provides a stark illustration of Medicaid's ruinous effects.
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The Social Security Earnings Test
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| The Tax That Wasn't |
| By Andrew G. Biggs |
| Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008 |
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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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Viard Replies to Johnston
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| Letter to the Editor |
| By Alan D. Viard |
| Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008 |
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Alan D. Viard explains that the federal tax system is highly progressive.
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