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Archive for April, 2010
Markets will punish government profligacy
By Paul Casto
In this article from Reuters, the head of the European Central Bank predicts that irresponsible governments will have to pay higher interest rates when they borrow. Trichet is warning that other European nations could follow Greece down the slippery slope, but the same applies to the United States. This...
Read More Tax Reform
"A Bipartisan Plan for Tax Reform", from Senators JUDD GREGG (R - NH) and RON WYDEN (D - Oregon):
"By streamlining and modernizing the outdated tax code, our proposal would eliminate many of the specialized tax breaks that currently benefit one group of Americans over another. The changes we propose will create...
Read More Taxation, Needs, and Wants
By James Schaefer
All discussions about taxation must begin with a single premise: there will never, ever be enough tax revenue to satisfy the political appetite. With apologies to General Chesty Puller, "Men, we're surrounded. This simplifies our problem."
America's citizens are surrounded by taxes, and demands for additional taxes. No matter...
Read More An All-Consuming Interest
By John Lumbard
TAX REVENUE of $2.2 TRILLION, and INTEREST COSTS of $1 TRILLION A YEAR.
In my last post I suggested that we shouldn't count the U.S. Treasury bonds held in the Social Security trust fund when talking about the size of the debt. The reason is that we don't have to pay...
Read More Rolling Up Our Sleeves
After a long hiatus relating to business travel, vacation, and a long overhaul of the site---which had been damaged by a Wordpress "upgrade"---we're back to work. There will be new contributors, new links to the Congressional Budget Office and other sources, and a new comment section that all of our...
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