…years, at least under the Bush administration’s stated policy aims. Bush is on record as wanting to reform the AMT, to make permanent the tax cuts that are set to…

…per year, such as reforming the AMT. But now the CBO’s estimate of the budget picture is starting to look slightly more realistic for the rest of this decade. Finally,…

…the tax cuts set to expire in 2005 are not renewed and do actually expire. there is no additional spending in Iraq or Afghanistan after 2005. The AMT is not…

…Congressional Republicans want to change the AMT (which is probably necessary if they don’t want the effectively undo the tax cuts of the past few years), and extend the child…

…the AMT problem and Congress abides by spending recommendations, we will be approaching the end of the Bush Cycle with no hope of paying down any of the debt incurred…

…while Congress couldn’t help cutting future tax increases back (as with AMT), both Congress and people allowed the benefit cuts in the 1983 Reform to occur on schedule. Since future…

…way that claim would work would be if tax cuts that are clearly targeted at the rich (elimination of the estate tax, elimination of the AMT, drastic cut in the…

…would be more. 3. Chained CPI adds another million losers, and the miscellaneous limits and repeals of deductions and credits add another 4 million. 4. The corporate tax cuts, AMT…

…law set to expire at the end of 2025 benefit the wealthy, including billionaires. A lower top tax rate, the weakened Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), an enfeebled estate tax and other handouts…

…changes that made the alternative minimum tax, which is this opaque parallel system, made the AMT (alternative minimum tax) less relevant for almost all households. So, it simplified for households….