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Old 03-23-2005, 02:44 AM   #10 (permalink)
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From the same source as above:<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/pubs/fedtax.htm">http://www.cbpp.org/pubs/fedtax.htm</a>
I was happy to find these links to current research reports from the non-partisan "Center on Budget and Policy Priorities" . The findings and conclusions seem to refute much of what our federal executive and legislative leaders have been advocating and communicating to all of us about the goals and justifications for their tax "reform" legislation and policy positions.
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<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/3-16-05tax.htm" style="text-decoration: none" target="_new">
Estate Tax Reform Could Raise Much-Needed Revenue: Some Reform Options With Low Tax Rates Raise Very Little Revenue
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Joel Friedman and Ruth Carlitz

3/16/05
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/3-16-05tax.htm" target="_new">123K-HTML</a>,
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/3-16-05tax.pdf" target="_new">100K-PDF</a>, 12pp.<br>
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Fact Sheet: <a href="http://www.cbpp.org/3-16-05tax-fact.htm" style="text-decoration: none" target="_new">

If Done Properly, Reforming The Estate Tax Could Preserve Much-Needed Revenue
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3/16/05
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/3-16-05tax-fact.htm" target="_new">23K-HTML</a>,
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/3-16-05tax-fact.pdf" target="_new">24K-PDF</a>, 2pp.<br>
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<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/3-10-05tax.htm" style="text-decoration: none" target="_new">

Dividend and Capital Gains Tax Cuts Unlikely to Yield Touted Economic Gains: Benefits of These Tax Cuts Flow Disproportionately To The Well-Off
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Joel Friedman
3/10/05
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/3-10-05tax.htm" target="_new">83K-HTML</a>,
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/3-10-05tax.pdf" target="_new">78K-PDF</a>, 16pp.
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<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/3-7-05tax.htm" style="text-decoration: none" target="_new">
What New CBO Data Indicate About Long-Term Income Distribution Trends</a></b><br>
Isaac Shapiro
3/7/05
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/3-7-05tax.htm" target="_new">33K-HTML</a>,
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/3-7-05tax.pdf" target="_new">24K-PDF</a>, 2pp.<br>
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<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/2-4-05tax.htm" style="text-decoration: none" target="_new">
Two Tax Cuts That Benefit Only High-Income Households —Primarily Millionaires — Slated To Start Taking Effect In 2006:
Will These Tax Cuts Be Implemented While Basic Programs For The
Working Poor And Other Families Are Cut?</a></b>

by Robert Greenstein, Joel Friedman, and Isaac Shapiro
Revised&nbsp;2/24/05
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/2-4-05tax.htm" target="_new">35K-HTML</a>,
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/2-4-05tax.pdf" target="_new">37K-PDF</a>, 5pp.
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<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/2-18-05sfp.htm" target="_new" style="text-decoration: none;">The 6th Circuit Cuno Decision Voiding Ohio’s Investment Tax Credit: Modest But Helpful "Arms Control" In The "Economic War Between The States"</a></b>
Michael Mazerov
2/18/05
Summary:
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/2-18-05sfp.htm" target="_new"> 36K-HTML</a>
Full Report:
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/2-18-05sfp.pdf" target="_new"> 102K-PDF</a>, 21pp.<br>
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<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/2-2-05tax.htm" style="text-decoration: none" target="_new">
Extending the Tax Cuts Would Cost $2.1 Trillion Through 2015</a></b><br>
Joel Friedman, Ruth Carlitz, and David Kamin
Revised
2/9/05<br>
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/2-2-05tax.htm" target="_new">50K-HTML</a>,
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/2-2-05tax.pdf" target="_new">49K-PDF</a>, 7pp.<br>
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<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/1-25-05bud2.htm" target="_new" style="text-decoration: none;">
The Simple Story: Tax Cuts Lose Revenues</a></b><br>
Richard Kogan
1/25/05
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/1-25-05bud2.htm" target="_new">13K-HTML</a>,
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/1-25-05bud2.pdf" target="_new">28K-PDF</a>, 2pp.<br>
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<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/1-13-05sfp4.htm" target="_new" style="text-decoration: none;">
States Can Decouple From the “Qualified Production Activities Income” Deduction</a></b>
Nicholas Johnson and Elizabeth McNichol
1/13/05
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/1-13-05sfp4.htm" target="_new">90K-HTML</a>,
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/1-13-05sfp4.pdf" target="_new">45K-PDF</a>, 9pp. <br>
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<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/1-4-05socsec.htm" target="_new" style="text-decoration: none;">
President Portrays Social Security Shortfall As Enormous, But His Tax Cuts And Drug Benefit Will Cost At Least Five Times As Much </a></b>
Richard Kogan and Robert Greenstein<br>
Revised
1/10/05
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/1-4-05socsec.htm" target="_new"> 27K-HTML</a>,
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/1-4-05socsec.pdf" target="_new"> 42K-PDF</a>, 5pp.<br>
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<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/1-4-05socsec.htm" target="_new" style="text-decoration: none;">
The 6th Circuit Cuno Decision Voiding Ohio’s Investment Tax Credit</a></b><br>
Michael Mazerov<br>
1/10/05<br>
Summary:
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/1-4-05socsec.htm" target="_new"> 12K-HTML</a><br>
Full Report:
<a href="http://www.cbpp.org/1-4-05socsec.pdf" target="_new"> 105K-PDF</a>, 22pp.<br>
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