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Deficit Commmission working groups

…have input on tax issues than tax experts. The tax working group of the deficit commission includes, according to BNA Daily Tax Realtime (May 4,2010): “Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Rep….

Beware of Doug

…and forecasts not some debatable underlying reality. Hence this slightly edited dialog Sen. Max Baucus, Chairman: [skip] We’re not in the old situation where Sen. Grassley once said whatever CBO…

The contrarian addiction

…protects the public from food-borne illnesses. It issues nutritional advice and drug labeling guidelines. It polices false medical claims on packaging and in advertisements. It safeguards about one in every…

Boskin on Social Security: Abuse of Utility Theory

Michael Boskin makes his case for Bush’s Social Security deform, while Max Sawicky provides the critique. Max briefly touched on two aspects of Michael’s paper that relate to utility theory….