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Save to My PortfolioClosing Budget Deficits: An Entitlements Commission is Not the Answer

Henry J. Aaron, June 24, 2008, House Committee on the Budget

Closing Budget Deficits: An Entitlements Commission is Not the AnswerHenry J. Aaron testified before the House Committee on the Budget about H.R. 3654, a bill that would establish a federal budget commission to "reform tax policy and entitlement benefit programs and ensure a sound fiscal future." Read More

Fiscal Policy, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Health Care

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Save to My PortfolioAddressing our Nation’s Fiscal Future

The Honorable Jim Cooper (D-TN) and The Honorable Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), June 18, 2008

Addressing our Nation’s Fiscal FutureTwo distinguished members of Congress: Representative Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) and Representative Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) spoke at a Brookings forum on methods to correct the unsustainable path of our current fiscal policies. Rep. Ryan, the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, addressed containing government spending by restructuring the tax code, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Rep. Cooper is a Democrat on the House Budget Committee and a member of the Blue Dog Coalition. He recently introduced the “Securing America’s Future Economy Commission Act” or SAFE Act, which would establish a commission to address the long-term fiscal outlook. Senior Fellow Isabel Sawhill moderated the panel.

Fiscal Policy, Taxes, Health Care, Medicaid, Medicare

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioStabilizing State and Local Budgets: A Proposal for Tax-Base Insurance

Akash Deep and Robert Z. Lawrence, June 2008, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper

The volatility of state tax revenues can force states and localities to cut back on necessary programs or raise taxes at a time when the state economy is already suffering. Akash Deep and Robert Z. Lawrence explain that pooling the risk of tax revenue losses could compensate states and localities for lost tax revenue and allow them to respond to fiscal crises without raising taxes or cutting services. Read More

Taxes, Tax Reform, U.S. Economy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Tax System: Too Complex, Unfair and Outdated

William G. Gale, May 15, 2008, The Sacramento Bee

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioHealth Reform Through Tax Reform: A Primer

Jason Furman, May/June 2008, Project HOPE/ Health Affairs

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioIndividual Taxpayers and Federal Tax Reform

William G. Gale, May 13, 2008, Senate Finance Committee

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My Portfolio2016: Too Long to Wait for Tax Reform

Jason Furman, November 07, 2007, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFair and Equitable Tax Policy

Jason Furman, September 06, 2007, House Committee on Ways and Means

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Save to My PortfolioReforming Taxation in the Global Age

Tuesday, June 12, 2007
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAchieving Progressive Tax Reform in an Increasingly Global Economy

Jason Bordoff, Jason Furman and Lawrence H. Summers, June 2007, Hamilton Project Strategy Paper, The Brookings Institution

VIDEO

Save to My PortfolioQ&A on Tax Reform

William G. Gale, April 05, 2007

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFixing the Tax System: Support Fairer, Simpler, and More Adequate Taxation

William G. Gale, February 28, 2007, Opportunity 08

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioReforming Tax Incentives into Uniform Refundable Tax Credits

Fred T. Goldberg, Jr., Lily L. Batchelder and Peter R. Orszag, August 2006, The Brookings Institution

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioTax Reform in an Open Economy

Friday, December 02, 2005
8:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Washington, DC

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioThe Tax Reform Panel Report: "Blueprint for Change?"

Thursday, November 03, 2005
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioNational Retail Sales Tax

William G. Gale, Sep-04, Encyclopedia of Taxation

BOOK

Save to My PortfolioThe Crisis in Tax Administration

Henry J. Aaron and Joel Slemrod, May 20, 2004

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William G. Gale

William G. Gale

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Arjay and Frances Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy

Bill Gale, a Brookings vice president and director of the Economic Studies Program, is an expert on tax policy, fiscal issues, pensions, and saving behavior. He is also co-director of the Tax Policy Center and director of the Retirement Security Project.
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