Tax Cuts

Subprime Mortgage Crisis Solutions Debate - Economic Stimulus and Fiscal Policy - Arguments Against Stimulus By Tax Cuts
... spending, investment, or tax cuts) generates the largest "bang for the buck," which is technically called a fiscal multiplier ... Federal government has historically collected about 18% of GDP in tax revenue, a multiplier of approximately 5.56 (1 divided by 18%) would be required ... and Reinvestment Act, while spending provided a moderate to high multiplier and tax cuts had the lowest multiplier ...

Contraction (economics) - Government Responses
... Supply-side economists may suggest tax cuts to promote business capital investment ... Keynesians argue that fiscal policy, tax cuts or increased government spending, will work when monetary policy fails ... Spending is more effective because of its larger multiplier but tax cuts take effect faster ...

List Of Legislation Sponsored By Ron Paul - Health - Tax Cuts
... Creates prescription drug tax credit and facilitates import and Internet sale of such drugs. 4799, 2000-06-29 (Family Health Tax Cut Act) ... Creates income tax credit for medical expenses for dependents ...

Christina Romer - Research
... Her recent work (with David Romer) has focused on the impact of tax policy on government and general economic growth ... work looks at the historical record of US tax changes from 1945-2007, excluding "endogenous" tax changes made to fight recessions or offset the cost of new government spending ... It finds that such "exogenous" tax increases, made for example to reduce inherited budget deficits, reduce economic growth (though by smaller amounts after 1980 than before) ...

Economic Policy Of The George W. Bush Administration
... Bush administration was a combination of tax cuts, expenditures for fighting two wars, and a free-market ideology intended to de-emphasize the role of government in the ... and obtained Congressional approval for tax cuts the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002 and the Jobs ... These acts decreased all tax rates, reduced the capital gains tax, increased the child tax credit and eliminated the so-called "marriage penalty", and were set to expire in 2011 ...