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Dylan Mathews Protagonist1 #231729 Dylan Matthews covers taxes, poverty, campaign finance, higher education, and all things data. He has also written for The New Republic, Salon, Slate, and The American Prospect.

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Visualizing the Romney Tax Debate »Visualizing the Romney Tax DebateVisualizing the Romney Tax Debate☜Tax reform has emerged as a major bone of contention in the 2012 Presidential election campaign. While President Obama has identified some tax changes, Governor Romney proposes major systemic reform. But is his plan - especially the proposals for individual taxation - viable?☜F1CEB7

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The protagonists »The protagonistsThe protagonists☜This node contains the major participants (protagonists) in the economic debate. It includes individuals - politicians, economists, journalists, bloggers - and organisations such as the Bowles-Simpson and Domenici-Rivlin inquiries - and schools of economic thought (Keynesian, Classical, Austrian).☜D3B8AB

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Group 1 - Romney critics »Group 1 - Romney criticsGroup 1 - Romney critics☜☜D3B8AB

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Dylan MathewsDylan Mathews☜Dylan Matthews covers taxes, poverty, campaign finance, higher education, and all things data. He has also written for The New Republic, Salon, Slate, and The American Prospect. ☜D3B8AB

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Assumes full employment »Assumes full employmentAssumes full employment☜Diamonds study assumes the Romney tax plan is implemented under conditions of full employment. This is obviously not realistic now or for the immediate future, leading in an over-estimation of the growth-induced boost to tax revenue [UNABLE TO LOCATE THIS IN DIAMOND PAPER]☜FFFACD

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Assumes revenue neutrality »Assumes revenue neutralityAssumes revenue neutrality☜In his simulation leading to the 5.4 percent growth estimate Diamond assumes that the Romney tax plan is revenue neutral. Yet Rosen is using the Diamond growth estimate to show that the plan can be revenue-neutral. Therefore the argument is circular.☜FFFACD

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Objections to Diamond »Objections to DiamondObjections to Diamond☜One of Americas leading tax economists, Alan Auerbach, has pointed to two defects in the applicability of the model used by Diamond to simulate the effect of the Romney tax plan. Auerbachs points are attributed in a blog post by Dylan Mathews. The claimed defects are appended to this node.☜FFFACD

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Political resistance »Political resistancePolitical resistance☜The TPC and its defenders point out that they have been conservative in their analysis in that they have set the bar low for the Romney plan - only testing if it is mathematically possible. Given the popularity of many of the concessions many of the mooted changes would be hard to do in practise.☜FFFACD

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Link[1] Dylan Matthews

Author: The Washington Post
Cited by: David Price 10:43 PM 27 October 2012 GMT
Citerank: (1) 235353Dylan MathewsDylan Matthews covers taxes, poverty, campaign finance, higher education, and all things data. He has also written for The New Republic, Salon, Slate, and The American Prospect. 24D3B8AB
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Entry date (GMT): 10/22/2012 7:17:00 AM
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