President Obama used his first televised speech from the Oval Office, ostensibly on the topic of the BP oil spill, to run through his usual speech-making checklist, which includes blaming Bush and beating up on idealogical straw-men, like his long ago debunked contention that there was significant “deregulation” during the previous decade. He also continued […]
read more...Budget wonks have long battled over the use of “static” versus “dynamic” budget scoring by agencies like the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation. While these organizations do often consider how changes in policies affect “micro-economic” behavior, such as the likely increase in tax evasion under higher tax rates, they take a […]
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