Daily Policy Digest
Tax and Spending Issues
| Who Should Bear the Burden of Tax Increases? The party that is responsible for remitting the tax revenue to the government has little to do with who bears the tax burden... |
| Tax Cuts, Spending Multipliers and Economic Growth An important factor to look at when discussing the economy is the multiplier on government spending and the supply side effects associated with marginal tax rate reductions... |
| Spain's Tax Take Tumbles as Companies Go Abroad Spain receives a smaller proportion of corporate income than personal income, with businesses paying 11.6 percent of total group profits in Spanish taxes compared with 12.4 percent for individuals... |
| Privatization and Competition in New York City Transit Stockholm's cost per kilometer for bus operations dropped 20 percent from 1991 to 1999 after privatizing its bus service, says E.S. Savas, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis... |
| Social Security Deficit Could Mean a 25 Percent Benefit Cut Last year, spending by Social Security exceeded dedicated tax revenue by 4 percent -- just as spending outpaced revenues the year before -- and that gap is growing fast... |
| More Americans Dependent on Disability, Longer Since 1980, disability benefits grew by 82 percent and the termination rate fell by 42 percent... |
| Would the Romney Tax Plan Necessarily Reduce After-Tax Incomes for the Middle Class? Mitt Romney's tax plan would reduce economic distortions in the tax code, which increases economic efficiency... |
| Microeconomic Behavioral Responses to the Marriage Penalty and Reforms for the 21st Century The size of the marriage tax amounts to almost 18 percent of total income... |
| Which Federal Policies Help or Hurt Economic Growth? The average dollar spent by government results in about two-thirds of a dollar of reduced private sector spending, says R. David Ranson, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis... |
| Debt Ceiling Fight Club It is important to realize the haste with which the government needs to act in response to mounting debt... |
