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CSTR Contributing Members
Commentaries
SOS: Judd Gregg
Calls for Federal Budget Reform
Tax Policy Wire, July 27, 2006
By Maya MacGuineas
Senator Gregg, Chairman of the Budget Committee, recently
introduced a far-reaching budget reform bill, the purpose
of which is to force action on many of the important fiscal
issues Congress would rather sidestep.
Supply Side: Don't
Know Much About History…
The Wall Street Journal, June 12, 2006
By Stephen Moore
Like moths attracted to a bug zapper, the White House
and many congressional Republicans now want to negotiate a
blockbuster budget deal to tackle the stampeding cost of entitlements.
The Never-Ending
Dilemma Over Medicare and Social Security
USA Today Magazine, May 2006
By Murray Weidenbaum
To summarize a great amount of professional research and
writing on the subject of financing Medicare and health care,
there are no simple or straightforward answers.
Tax Cuts Caused
Economic Growth
Tax Policy Wire, April 25, 2006
By Diana Furchtgott-Roth
The tax cuts that Congress adopted were instrumental in
stimulating the economy after the recession and increasing
tax receipts. At a time when global growth was practically
stagnant, the U.S. economy was the world's engine of growth.
The WTO as Tax Nanny
CSTR's Tax Policy Wire, April 25, 2006
By Gary Clyde Hufbauer
In a recent paper published by the WTO examined "The
WTO and Direct Taxation". The paper makes interesting
reading, both for its summary of the WTO's role as creeping
regulator of direct taxation and for its discussion of the
anachronistic distinction between direct and indirect taxation.
A Lot Is
Riding On Lower Tax On Investment
Investor's Business Daily, March 17, 2006
By Bill Archer
Passed in 2003, the dividend tax rate reduction expires at
the end of 2008. Unless Congress moves to extend it, we may
all miss out on a benefit that puts more money in our bank
accounts, allows companies to grow and creates jobs.
Economic
Benefits of Extending the Fifteen Percent Tax Rate on Dividends
and Capital Gains
and the Other Pro-Growth Elements of the 2001 and 2003 Tax
Acts
Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, March
14, 2006
By Stephen J. Entin
A paper presented at the U.S. Treasury Conference on March
14, 2006.
Expensing of Capital
Assets is Important for Tax Simplification and U.S. Competitiveness
Tax Policy Wire, March 13, 2006
By Cliff Jernigan
CRAG members plan to continue legislative efforts for the
expensing of capital assets. Expensing will aid in tax simplification
and in a reduction of record-keeping and IRS audit time.
Comments on JCT
Efforts To Model Dynamic Economic and Budget Effects Of Fiscal
Policy Changes
Institute
For Research On the Economics of Taxation, March
2006
By Stephen J. Entin
The U.S. economy is part of the world economy. Capital
flows very freely across borders, and even labor is somewhat
free to move about. The model should clearly reflect this
reality.
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