We can finance both long-term fiscal balance and adequate investment — without increasing taxes on the working middle class.
John Irons
John S. Irons is the research and policy director at the Economic Policy Institute.
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Why You Should Care About the 2007 Economic Nobel
Who are those guys? What exactly is “mechanism design theory” and what does it mean? TAP gets an economist to explain it all.
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Estate’s Rites
As early as next month, some Democrats seem ready to go along with most Republicans and implement a permanent repeal to the estate tax, a change that would reward the wealthy and drag down the economy by increasing the deficit. But it doesn’t have to be this way. The estate tax represents a profoundly American […]
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A Tax Plan for Progressives
For four years President Bush has touted his tax cuts as an economic cure-all, but middle-income workers have instead watched helplessly as the tiny tax cut they received has gone to pay for higher property taxes, tuition increases, and exploding medical costs. While the conservatives’ tax initiatives have wreaked havoc on people barely living on […]