Tax Policy Center: Economic Growth and Dynamic ScoringTax Policy Center reports on: Economic Growth and Dynamic Scoring - The Tax Policy Center is a joint venture of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution. The Center is comprised of nationally recognized experts in tax, budget, and social policy who have served at the highest levels of government.The 'No New Taxes' Pledge- July 12, 2004 This article examines the "no new taxes" pledge that has been signed by President Bush and 258 members of Congress. Although it is intended to restrict the size of government, the authors believe that the pledge probably hinders rather than helps efforts to restore fiscal responsibility. Evidence from trends in aggregate taxes and spending, the success or failure of budget rules, and the voting records of pledge signers casts doubt, the authors assert, on the view that signing the pledge is an..http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000670&RSSFeed=Economic_Growth... |