Deficits, Debt, and the New Politics of Tax Policy

Name: Deficits, Debt, and the New Politics of Tax Policy
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ISBN: 9781107641402

ISBN-10: 1107641403

ISBN-13: 9781107641402

Edition: 2012

Authors: Dennis S. Ippolito

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The Constitution grants Congress the power "to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises." From the First Congress until today, conflicts over the size, role, and taxing power of government have been at the heart of national politics. This book provides a comprehensive historical account of federal tax policy that emphasizes the relationship between taxes and other components of the budget. It explains how wars, changing conceptions of the domestic role of government, and beliefs about deficits and debt have shaped the modern tax system. The contemporary focus of this book is the partisan battle over budget policy that began in the 1960s and triggered the disconnect between taxes…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/12/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 5.94" wide x 9.06" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English




A brief history of federal taxation



The stable era


World War II to the 1960s



Destabilizing tax policy


Vietnam and the 1970s



The Reagan strategy - balancing low



The Clinton strategy - balancing high



Bush, Obama, and fiscal deadlock



Reconnecting taxes and budgets