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McCain's Gas-Tax Plan is On Empty (Commentary)
Author(s): Leonard E. BurmanPosted to Web: April 18, 2008

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain wants to suspend the federal gas tax for the summer travel season. Truckers say they like the idea. In this Marketplace commentary, Len Burman, Director of the Tax Policy Center explains why Senator McCain’s proposal won’t get us where he wants to go. http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/04/17/burman_commentary/

Publication Date: April 17, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

Decision Points 08: Tax Gap (Audio Podcasts / Sound Policy)
Author(s): The Urban InstitutePosted to Web: April 09, 2008

Not everyone pays every dollar owed the government or pays it on time. While stronger enforcement will help, it won't allow the next Congress and administration to avoid the hard budget decisions that expected future deficits will force them to make.

Publication Date: April 09, 2008Availability: HTML

Globalization and Economic Mobility (Research Report)
Author(s): Seth ZimmermanPosted to Web: April 03, 2008

By allowing businesses to look internationally for efficient solutions, globalization may raise overall productivity and allow for widespread increases in living standards. However, critics have observed that globalization often pushes less- skilled U.S. workers into damaging competition with lower- paid foreign substitutes. This review describes the growing body of research on the impacts of globalization on U.S. workers, and explores the potential mobility consequences of this emerging trend. (Review 5 of 11.)

Publication Date: April 01, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

Empowering the Next President (Series/The Government We Deserve)
Author(s): C. Eugene SteuerlePosted to Web: April 02, 2008

What if President William Howard Taft and his Congress had written laws that specified how all the government’s revenues at the beginning of the 21st century were to be spent? Preposterous? Well, the laws on the books today not only dictate how all revenues collected in 2030 and beyond will be spent, they also predetermine most of the next president’s spending. No wonder the campaign promises of the presidential candidates sound hollow.

Publication Date: April 02, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

Decision Points 08: Federal Budget Realities (Audio Podcasts / Sound Policy)
Author(s): The Urban InstitutePosted to Web: April 01, 2008

From mortgage assistance to health care, the presidential and congressional candidates have big plans for a new administration. No matter how strongly supported, however, public programs must compete with three huge entitlements in the scramble for federal dollars.

Publication Date: April 01, 2008Availability: HTML

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