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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

more on who bears the tax burden

looking at Boxes 11.2 and 11.3 and the broader conversation on taxes and tax rates in Maier there seemed to be something he didn't mention. There was a recent CBO report which raised the point that the question of tax rates is more complicated than initially appears. For low/moderate income workers this is more interesting than the Mankiw example because of means-tested programs being phased out at higher income levels and suggesting that for some families 11.3 will be wrong and increased earnings will yield negative net income.








more     articles on CBO report



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