The following is a summary highlighting testimony by AEI Director of Economic Policy Studies Kevin Hassett to the Joint Economic Committee at a hearing entitled "How the Taxation of Capital Affects Growth and Employment."

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In 2005, the President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform put forward a tax plan that would replace most, but not all, of the federal income tax with a progressive consumption tax. Known as the Bradford X-tax, this...

Alan D. Viard explains that the federal tax system is highly progressive.

The federal tax system is highly progressive, with the highest-income 1 percent of the population paying one-quarter of all federal taxes.

Congress can ease Americans' economic burden this year by reforming the federal alternative minimum tax law.

The author estimates that John Kerry's economic proposals will add up to between $2 trillion and $2.1 trillion over the next ten years.

Testimony on reforming the alternative minimum tax (AMT) such that it does not needlessly harm uninformed taxpayers.

This studydevelops an estimate for the total impact of John Kerry’s spending proposals over ten years.