In 1986, Reagan accepted loophole-closing reform, including on wealthier interests, in exchange for another round of rate reductions.
The best way to do so is through permanent rate reductions, not temporary rebates.
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Contrary to Washington mythology, the Reagan tax rate reductions did not undercut revenues, and the H.
Sure enough, the dollar did not weaken in response to the Fed's post-crash rate reductions.
These tax rate reductions would be offset by eliminating, reducing or capping deductions and loopholes.
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In America the tax take is historically low after years of rate reductions.
But the RBI also cautioned that it had little room for further rate reductions as price pressures were still high.
Possibly, it is true, these rate reductions are cause for worry, since they reflect economic weakness, in Asia not least.
Thus, the very act of cutting rates shrinks the pile of money Congress has available to pay for those rate reductions.
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Capital gains tax rate reductions have a good record in that regard.
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Those extra payments and assistance with interest rate reductions shift the math in favor of modification by thousands of dollars a year.
However, the top tax rate reductions appear to be associated with the increasing concentration of income at the top of the income distribution.
By contrast, at this point after the Reagan tax rate reductions took effect, employment had increase by an equivalent of more than 11 million.
The Bush administration is already discussing with Congress plans for further measures to boost the economy, including tax cuts and more interest rate reductions.
With the proper combination of rate reductions and eliminated deductions, the AMT would no longer have a purpose, and could mercifully reach its end.
But since those making more actually pay the most in taxes, it would be both fairer and more efficient to preserve the rate reductions for everyone.
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Those rate reductions would powerfully boost incentives as well, as proven by the dramatic response to the Reagan tax rate reductions in the 1980s, discussed further on.
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The rate reductions have had little restorative effect--only the assurance of better credit, not looser credit, will cure what ails the banks--but they did help unhinge the dollar.
Something very similar happened as a result of the Reagan tax reductions and again from the tax-rate reductions enacted two years ago on capital gains, dividends and personal income.
By always scoring tax rate reductions as losing huge amounts of revenues and tax increases as automatically lowering the deficit, the Beltway rules are stacked against sound tax policy.
As the storm gathered during 2008, the Fed aggressively eased monetary policy by using such open market operations (supplemented by discount rate reductions) to drive short-term interest rates to near-zero levels.
Since interest-rate reductions are usually reckoned to start having an effect after about six to nine months, the Fed's cuts earlier this year should start to work their way through before too long.
In some respects, the former GOP vice presidential candidate mimics the tactics of the 2012 campaign: Promise tax reform built around wildly ambitious but gauzy rate reductions without a word about how to pay for them.
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The tax increases will not only include ending the social security tax break in place today and additional taxes associated with health care reform, but it will include ending the marginal tax rate reductions enacted during the Bush administration.
For all of these reasons, Republicans should hold fast to their position that additional, new revenues can and should be obtained only through the economic growth, and closed loopholes, resulting from tax reform, with pro-growth tax rate reductions rather than counterproductive rate increases.
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Fisher and I agree that the trade gap and the budget deficit are positives for stocks: the bigger the better. (Americans hold far too little debt, and anything that increases it is a plus.) He also celebrates the supply-side tax cuts, though he deems a negative for stocks the currently little noticed all-government budgetary surplus caused by the tax rate reductions.
Mr. MICHAEL ROBINET (Analyst, IHS Automotive): There's no doubt that in hindsight, the government would certainly look to slow down the rate of dealer reductions, as well as the criteria they used to implement them.
As the 2006 law continues to phase in, the higher blended corporate bond rate is causing significant reductions in lump-sum pension values.
How will R??ter's business survive the planned reductions in buying rate?
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