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Is Obama Closing Retirement Savings Loopholes or Just Curbing Congress’...
In his upcoming budget, President Obama will propose to strip away the “loopholes” that permit wealthy individuals to accumulate large amounts in tax-favored retirement plans. He would prohibit a...
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The Tax Policy Center’s tables showing the distribution of President Obama’s new income tax proposals indicate that some middle-class households would pay more tax than under current law. The...
View ArticleCutting Capital Gains Taxes is a Dead End, Not a Step on the Road to a...
One of the most useful insights of public economics is the "theory of second best." The idea is that adopting some but not all of the features of optimal policy—the seminal article on the subject...
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