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Tax and Spending Issues

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...

The Fiscal Costs of Nonpayers

In 2010, nearly 41 percent of Americans, or 58 million altogether, had no income tax liability; over the past two decades, the number of nonpayers has increased 20 percentage points...

Corporate Tax Competitiveness Rankings for 2012

Studies show that reducing corporate taxes boost domestic and foreign investments...


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