FORUM TOPIC

tax

  • The AMT: Not Such a Minimal Tax

    The Alternative Minimum Tax is affecting more and more moderate income taxpayers. The solution does not lie in raising taxes on others, but rather in broader reform of the tax code itself.

  • Dynamic Scoring: The Time is Now

    It is hard to find any serious economist who would argue that the federal government’s tax and spending policies make no difference to U.S. economic performance. Indeed, all across the political spectrum and throughout the leading schools of economic thought, a broad consensus exists that what governments do…

  • Defusing the DEBT BOMB

    In an adaptation from his new book, the Oklahoma Senator delivers a stern warning about America’s fiscal future.

  • “Relentlessly Positive” – A Q&A with Rick Snyder

    The Michigan Governor discusses how he approaches his job and his effort to provide value to the taxpayers of his state.

  • Q&A with Alan Simpson

    The former Wyoming Senator talks about the politics of the moment and why the plan he coauthored with Erskine Bowles represents the best hope of reducing the debt before it is too late.

  • The Edge of the Fiscal Cliff

    As America teeters on the brink of a debt crisis, it is critical nothing be done that would force the American people over the edge.