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Saturday, May 25, 2013

Economics, Health Care, Taxes and Spending

The New York Times must choose: Ideology or protecting Americans’ health and saving taxpayers money

Jon Entine | February 25, 2013, 3:35 pm

In a sharp rebuke of a New York Times investigation, an analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that a last-minute provision added to the early January “fiscal cliff” bill could save taxpayers as much as $4 billion—rather than … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion, Polls

The fiscal cliff and the book on Washington: What you may have missed in this week’s polls

Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg | January 11, 2013, 9:37 am

Post-mortems on the Fiscal Cliff: Gallup was first out of the box to gauge reactions to the fiscal cliff deal with a one-day (January 3) survey, and the organization found 43% approving and 45% disapproving of the “agreement to avoid … read more >

Economics, U.S. Economy

Double taxation of dividends: Going in the wrong direction

Alex J. Pollock | January 3, 2013, 1:28 pm

From an economic and financial perspective, one of the worst things about Washington’s “fiscal cliff” tax deal is that it increases the double taxation of corporate dividends. Adding to the 35% that dividends are first taxed at the corporate level, … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Defense

No fix: The cliff dive is for keeps

Mackenzie Eaglen | December 27, 2012, 11:51 am

Now that the nation is set to go over the fiscal cliff, the groundwork is being laid to ensure it plays out in slow motion. Many policymakers wrongly think that this will buy more time for Congress and the president to work out a deal retroactively later this spring. read more >

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Pethokoukis, Politics and Public Opinion

Is this the compromise that will cost Boehner his speakership?

James Pethokoukis | December 21, 2012, 1:10 pm

Wall Street is skittish and may force a fiscal cliff compromise. Chris Krueger of the Washington Research Group points to the Keep It Simple Stupid option: This is the simplest solution, though Boehner will need A LOT of Democrats to … read more >

Pethokoukis

Plan A, Plan B … oops

James Pethokoukis | December 21, 2012, 8:35 am

The Boehner fallback plan that imploded last night looked like pretty good strategy. As political analyst Chris Krueger of the Washington Research Group argued in a research note yesterday, Plan B could have a) at least partially shielded House Republicans … read more >

Economics, Pethokoukis

The chart that shows why JPMorgan calls the fiscal cliff ‘nothing but theatrics’

James Pethokoukis | December 20, 2012, 1:17 pm

Economist Michael Feroli of JPMorgan makes a great point in a new report about the fiscal cliff. Almost whatever the outcome, he points out, it will do little to nothing to change the nation’s lethal long-term budget trajectory. Focusing, as … read more >

Pethokoukis

Obama’s second term mandate won’t make it to Obama’s second term

James Pethokoukis | December 20, 2012, 9:12 am

I think my pal Jen Rubin is correct, Speaker Boehner and the House GOP have put President Obama and the Dems “in a box” with the Boehner Plan B to avoid a fiscal cliff. Rubin: The White House is acting … read more >

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Economics, Taxes and Spending

Sorry, conservatives: Tax rates are going up

Michael R. Strain | December 14, 2012, 11:14 am

From my latest article in The Atlantic: Given that our structural deficit overwhelmingly reflects a spending problem and not a revenue problem, it is unfortunate that the Democrats have succeeded in making the opening battle in the fiscal cliff a … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion, Polls

Conflicting messages on compromise

Henrik Temp | December 13, 2012, 3:32 pm

A new NBC/WSJ poll shows that Americans are getting increasingly concerned about the fiscal cliff. Seventy-seven percent of responds have seen, read, or heard news coverage about the issue and fully 46% of the public believes that the fiscal cliff … read more >