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BW on Soc Sec IV: A History Lesson

…that. What were the numbers under Intermediate Cost?: 1997: 2.5% 1998-2006 2.0% 2010 1.8% 2020 1.3% Hecuva job! A median prediction of a permanent 48% slowdown in growth rate by…

The True Fiscal Nightmare

…to expire (most of them in 2010). After that, real bracket creep (real income growth pushing taxpayers into higher tax brackets) and the AMT cause total revenues to gradually rise….

…will provide a great test of the extent to which economic incentives to affect behavior). Building the 2010 sunsets into the 2001 tax cut allowed the Bush administration to cite…

Guest post: Speaking Truth to Power

…it should be handled soon after its outbreak in 2010. Their disagreements reflect the split in the Fund’s membership between creditors and debtors, and the inherent ambiguity of the position…

Winston (not Smith) and Myths

…the bill was signed months before the 2010 midterms. I’m pretty sure the error is not the fault of “David Winston, a pollster who advises House Speaker John A. Boehner.”…