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The AMT: Not Such a Minimal Tax
by JOHN W. DIAMOND
The Alternative Minimum Tax is affecting more and more moderate income taxpayers. The solution does not lie in raising taxes on others, but rather in broader reform of the tax code itself.
Dynamic Scoring: The Time is Now
by WILLIAM W. BEACH
It is hard to find any serious economist who would argue that the federal government’s tax and spending policies make no difference to U.S. economic performance.
Indeed, all across the political spectrum and throughout the leading schools of economic thought, a broad consensus exists that what governments do with tax dollars and how they raise those revenues matters in the larger, dynamic, economic world.
Q&A with Alan Simpson
The former Wyoming Senator talks about the politics of the moment and why the plan he coauthored with Erskine Bowles represents the best hope of reducing the debt before it is too late.
The Edge of the Fiscal Cliff
by STEVE CALDEIRA
As America teeters on the brink of a debt crisis, it is critical nothing be done that would force the American people over the edge.
Defusing the DEBT BOMB
by TOM COBURN
In an adaptation from his new book, the Oklahoma Senator delivers a stern warning about America’s fiscal future.
“Relentlessly Positive” – A Q&A with Rick Snyder
The Michigan Governor discusses how he approaches his job and his effort to provide value to the taxpayers of his state.
