Although this year's record deficit has attracted a lot of attention, the real concern is the unsustainability of the federal budget over the next 10 years and longer. The budget situation presents policy makers with a very delicate balancing act between encouraging economic recovery and...

The bottom line on the tax plans of Obama and McCain are that Obama has bigger tax cuts for middle income families and modest tax hikes for the wealthy, as compared with McCain's $125,000 per family tax cut for those earning over $600,000. Neither candidate is paying enough attention to the long...

Under reasonable projections, the unified budget deficits over the next decade will average 3.5 percent of GDP. Compared to a balanced budget, the unified budget deficits will reduce annual national income a decade hence by 1 to 2 percent (or roughly $1,500 to $3,000 per household per year, on...

Under reasonable projections, the unified budget deficits over the next decade will average 3.5 percent of GDP. Compared to a balanced budget, the unified budget deficits will reduce annual national income a decade hence by 1 to 2 percent (or roughly $1,500 to $3,000 per household per year, on...

The President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform has submitted an important set of proposed structural changes that would generally move the tax system in the right direction. However, at the tax rates the Panel proposes, the plans will not bring in the revenue the U.S. needs.