by Dan Mitchell | Jul 8, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care
I’m a long-time advocate of “dynamic scoring,” which means I want the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation to inform policy makers about how fiscal policy changes can impact overall economic performance and therefore generate “feedback” effects....
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 12, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
I’ve written several times about the importance of appointing sensible people to head the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT). Heck, making reforms to these Capitol Hill bureaucracies is a basic competency test for Republicans....
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 4, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Taxation
Since I’m a big advocate of the Laffer Curve, that means I favor dynamic scoring. This is the common-sense observation that you can’t figure out the effect of tax changes on revenue without first estimating the impact on taxable income. And I’ve shared some very...
by CF&P | Dec 30, 2014 | News, Prosperity Updates
News & Views Coalition Calls for Accurate Scoring Tired of inaccurate scoring using Keynesian and other big government assumptions, a coalition of free market think-tanks is urging Republican leadership to demand better....
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 9, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Many statists are worried that Republicans may install new leadership at the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) and Congressional Budget Office (CBO). This is a big issue because these two score-keeping bureaucracies on Capitol Hill tilt to the left and have a lot of...
