Doing Nothing's a Good Thing

Publication Date: December 2006

Publisher: Tax Policy Center

Author(s): Leonard E. Burman

Research Area:

Keywords: Tax Policy; Tax Distribution and Economic Trends; State and Local Issues; Taxes and Social Programs

Type: Report

Abstract:

In this Marketplace commentary, Len Burman, director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, says that extending temporary tax measures enables Congress to avoid serious tax reform and hide deep problems.