Tag Archives: Fiscal Cliff

Shrinking Revenue Offers

Posted on February 25, 2013 by ozidar

Jared Bernstein has a nice, but depressing chart on various revenue offers between Obama and Boehner.

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White House’s 30 Second Case for the American Taxpayer Relief Act

Posted on January 4, 2013 by ozidar

Brian Deese makes the case for the 2012 Revenue Deal

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Are House Republicans Actually Behaving Rationally?

Posted on January 1, 2013 by ozidar

Nate Silver has a fascinating post on this question. Here’s his answer: Individual members of Congress are responding fairly rationally to their incentives. Most members of the House now come from hyperpartisan districts where they face essentially no threat of losing their … Continue reading →

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Broad-Based Tax Increases Are Rare

Posted on December 31, 2012 by ozidar

Zach Goldfarb has a story today that points out how rare broad-based tax increases are. I posted earlier about the history of individual income tax changes at the federal level – here is a similar chart that I made that includes payroll … Continue reading →

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Macroadvisers on the Effects of the Fiscal Cliff

Posted on December 22, 2012 by ozidar

We’re often asked how much of a drag on growth is associated with each of the provisions of current law that usually are described as comprising the fiscal cliff. The table below presents such results for the four quarters of … Continue reading →

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More Progressive Ways to Reduce Social Security Spending than Chained CPI

Posted on December 18, 2012 by ozidar

Dylan Matthews has a great post discussing more progressive cuts to social security than Chained CPI.  He includes the option of altering the Preliminary Issuance Amount, which is determined by a benefit schedule that maps  your “average wages” into a personalized … Continue reading →

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Raising Another Trillion in Revenues

Posted on December 16, 2012 by ozidar

Larry Summers argues it’s plausible that we can raise another $1 trillion+ over the next ten years – here’s how: The failure to tax capital gains at the point of death costs the federal government about $50bn a year. Since … Continue reading →

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Repatriation Holidays

Posted on December 16, 2012 by ozidar

Many companies have been pushing for a repatriation holiday and recent reports have highlighted how much cash is held overseas. A little more than half the companies in the Fortune 500 have at least $1.6 trillion in untaxed profits parked offshore, … Continue reading →

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The Pace of the Recovery: Output and Employment Growth Since 1985

Posted on December 14, 2012 by ozidar

Laura Tyson has a piece today on the slow pace of the recovery: Since 2010, annual growth of gross domestic product has averaged about 2.1 percent. This is less than half the average pace of recoveries from previous recessions in … Continue reading →

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Fiscal Cliff Policy Links

Posted on December 12, 2012 by ozidar

Credit: Washington Post Since Corporate Taxes are on the table and extended unemployment insurance is set to expire, here are some relevant links: Corporate Taxes: Is broadening the base to lower the rate a good idea? A Modern Corporate Tax … Continue reading →

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