The Tax Policy Center on including an extension of the Alternative Minimum Tax patch in the stimulus bill:
Neither timely nor targeted; makes no sense as economic stimulus.
The Senate Finance Committee decided to include the AMT patch earlier this week. The proposal receives a grade of D-minus. The average grade looks to be about a C-plus. The whole report card is here.
Conor Clarke is the editor, with Michael Kinsley, of Creative Capitalism. He was previously a fellow at The Atlantic and an editor at The Guardian. More
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