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Policymakers Cite PWBM Estimates About Indexing Capital Gains to Inflation
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Revenue Raised by Tariffs on China Doesnt Cover Costs
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The Effects of Growing Federal Debt on the United States’ Economy
On June 7, Hill staffers, fiscal experts, and PWBM gathered to discuss the federal revenue loss created by tax avoidance. The U.S. has different tax rates for different income streams, thus there are opportunities for individuals and businesses to reduce their tax bills by recharacterizing income to pay a lower rate.
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Differential Tax Rates Create Opportunities for Tax Avoidance
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The Effects of Growing Federal Debt on the United States’ Economy
In today’s low interest rate environment, the cost of federal debt is lower than it used to be. However, long-run concerns loom. PWBM projections show that policies that reduce federal debt over time produce more economic growth than current policy.
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The White Houses Plan to Indexing Capital Gains to Inflation
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2020 Presidential Campaign Proposals for Immigration Policy: Indicators of the Economic Impact on Each State
Introducing PWBM’s Interactive 2020 Campaign Issue State Maps. We use data to inform people about the impact of campaign proposals on their states. Here we present six indicators focused on immigration policy for each state. Although PWBM has shown that increasing immigration boosts economic growth for the U.S. as a whole, these indicators imply that the impact of changes to immigration policy on a state will depend on the demographics of that state.
The Effects of Changes to Immigration Policy on the United States’ Population
We project that increasing annual net legal immigration leads to a younger and more educated U.S. population. These population changes are likely to have a positive impact on entitlement finances and tax burdens relative to current policy. In contrast, decreasing annual net legal immigration likely has the opposite effects.
Projections for the Evolution of Naturalized Citizens in the United States
PWBM projects that by 2050 one in ten U.S. citizens will be foreign-born, up from 7 percent today. We account for different historical naturalization patterns of immigrants from different countries, including the time immigrants reside in the U.S. Thus, this increase reflects shifts in the origins of lawful immigrants. In particular, we project that the shift away from immigrants arriving from Mexico and toward immigrants arriving from Asia to continue.
