Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Freakonomics on the Obama and McCain Tax Proposals
I previously blogged this Washington Post chart on the distributional impact of the Obama and McCain Tax Proposals:
Justin Wolfers notes how these two different graphical presentations of the same data "hit the eye differently":
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2008/09/freakonomics-on.html
I read a comment suggesting that this representation isn't really accurate because the Bush tax cuts in EGTRRA most likely will not be extended beyond their 2010 sunset under a Dem administration where they would under a Rep. Is anyone familiar with the particular income tax provisions that are being referenced? Any thoughts as to the accuracy of this statement?
Posted by: jcb | Sep 17, 2008 4:35:23 PM