Haselswerdt, Jake (2014) Tax breaks are not immortal – but that doesn’t mean comprehensive tax reform is easy. LSE American Politics and Policy (01 Aug 2014). Website.
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Abstract
Tax reform does not lack for supporters on both sides of the aisle in Congress, but despite this, it continues to be a difficult proposition. While many believe that tax breaks are especially durable, in new research, Jake Haselswerdt finds that, this is not borne out by the evidence. In fact, a tax break is more than four times more likely to be eliminated than a non-tax program. He argues that while individual tax breaks, particularly those that benefit businesses and the wealthy, are relatively short lived, more comprehensive reform to eliminate a number of tax breaks may be much harder, especially if it takes on the more durable tax breaks that benefit the middle class.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 The Author |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Sep 2014 11:02 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 19:07 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/59388 |
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