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Budget Cuts

…make an equally negligible cut in the defense budget? A cut of only half a percent in the defense budget would yield budget savings of around $12 bn – compared…

Short-Changing Programs for Children

…times more on interest payments. Sources: Authors’ estimates based primarily on Congressional Budget Office (CBO), The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2026 to 2036, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Technical Supplement to…

Romney’s Tax Proposal by pgl

Romney’s Tax Proposal The Tax Policy Center provides its review of which taxpayers will pay more and which ones will pay less under the tax proposal introduced by Mitt Romney….

AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL

by Dale Coberly AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL Bruce Webb offered a modest proposal in a recent post to “fix” the Social Security “problem” by (essentially) cutting the payroll tax a few…

Kerry’s Health Care Reinsurance Proposal

…care in the US? The Washington Post wrote this a couple of months ago about the proposal: Kerry’s catastrophic-illness relief plan is the only new health care proposal — and…