The Government We Deserve http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org By Gene Steuerle Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:48:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 49559088 Why Progressivity in Tax Policy Is Not A Simple Matter http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/2021/11/16/why-progressivity-in-tax-policy-is-not-a-simple-matter/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:35:00 +0000 https://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/?p=1259 1259 How Existing Budgetary Commitments Could Affect President Biden’s Domestic Policy Goals http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/2021/05/13/how-existing-budgetary-commitments-could-affect-president-bidens-domestic-policy-goals/ Thu, 13 May 2021 15:33:42 +0000 https://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/?p=1253 1253 Could Better Government Have Lowered Pandemic Deaths by 100,000 or Reduced Costs by a Trillion Dollars? http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/2021/03/01/could-better-government-have-lowered-pandemic-deaths-by-100000-or-reduced-costs-by-a-trillion-dollars/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:00:26 +0000 http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/?p=1250 1250 How Much Has the Pandemic Affected President-elect Biden’s Opportunity to Chart a New Course? http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/2021/01/26/how-much-has-the-pandemic-affected-president-elect-bidens-opportunity-to-chart-a-new-course/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:33:12 +0000 http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/?p=1246 1246 My Simple New Year’s Wish for 2021: Less Nastiness http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/2021/01/19/my-simple-new-years-wish-for-2021-less-nastiness/ Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:07:57 +0000 http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/?p=1244 1244 Congress Could Fix the ACA’s Individual Mandate Without Waiting for the Supreme Court http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/2020/12/18/congress-could-fix-the-acas-individual-mandate-without-waiting-for-the-supreme-court/ Fri, 18 Dec 2020 16:15:24 +0000 http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/?p=1241 1241 What Trump’s Tax Returns Reveal About Wealth Inequality And Slower Economic Growth http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/2020/10/20/what-trumps-tax-returns-reveal-about-wealth-inequality-and-slower-economic-growth/ Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:07:59 +0000 http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/?p=1238 1238 COVID-19-Related Policies Can Better Boost the Economy By Targeting Less To Savers http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/2020/06/12/covid-19-related-policies-can-better-boost-the-economy-by-targeting-less-to-savers/ Fri, 12 Jun 2020 15:58:43 +0000 http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/?p=1232 1232 The COVID-19 Crisis Reveals the Need to Let Eligible Workers and Retirees Take Partial Social Security Benefits http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/2020/06/11/the-covid-19-crisis-reveals-the-need-to-let-eligible-workers-and-retirees-take-partial-social-security-benefits/ Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:54:31 +0000 http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/?p=1231 1231 The CARES Act Charitable Deduction For Non-Itemizers Was A Lost Opportunity To Help Beneficiaries Of Non-Profits http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/2020/05/29/the-cares-act-charitable-deduction-for-non-itemizers-was-a-lost-opportunity-to-help-beneficiaries-of-non-profits/ Fri, 29 May 2020 19:40:37 +0000 http://blog.governmentwedeserve.org/?p=1230 1230