Doing Nothing’s a Good Thing
In this Marketplace commentary, Len Burman, director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, says that extending temporary tax measures enables Congress
to avoid serious tax reform and hide deep problems.
End the Break On Capital Gains
In this Washington Post commentary, senior fellow Len Burman explains why the capital gains tax break does more harm than good and why Congress should close the loophole once and for all.
Huckabee Tax Plan Would Be A Disaster
In this “Marketplace” commentary, Len Burman, director of the Tax Policy Center, explains why presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s FairTax proposal is misnamed.
McCain’s Gas-Tax Plan is On Empty
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 McCains proposal wont get us where he wants to go.
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/04/17/burman_commentary/
Joe the Plumber, Small Business, and a Good Question
A commenter has asked an interesting question about the relationship between small business income and the number of workers in these firms. The FactCheck.org item Len Burman and Eric Toder cited in their blog post this morning reports that 20 million small businesses—many sidelines businesses or hobbies—;have no employees at all besides the proprietor. But it would be good to learn more about the rest. We’d like to hear from any of you who have other data or thoughts about this question.