This week on Facing the Future, we look at various proposals on paying for the roughly $2 trillion social spending bill that Democrats hope to pass soon. These include familiar ideas like raising rates on corporations and upper-income households, to new ideas like implementing some form of a "wealth tax." We'll also look at the potential for raising revenue through better enforcement of existing laws and the amount we lose through ill-targeted "tax expenditures." Tax policy expert, and former top congressional staffer, Pete Davis is our guest.
The DC Economic Conundrum
Social Security and Medicare Creep Towards Insolvency
David Gergen: It’s time for Baby Boomers to Pass the Baton
Breaking Down the 10-year CBO Federal Budget Baseline
COVID Lingers. Have We Learned Any Lessons?
Not Your Father’s Cold War
Congress has a Tall Agenda and a Short Clock
First Quarter GDP: Down But Not Out
How the Younger Generation Views Fiscal Sustainability
The Economic and Budgetary Challenges of Climate Change
Students Tackle the Debt and Inflation Remains High
Revisiting Immigration in Light of the Ukraine Crisis
Sizing Up the Biden Budget
Facing the Future in America’s Heartland
National Debt Outlook After Two Years of COVID
Fallout from the Russian Invasion
Inflating the Budget, and Three Healthcare Myths
Leadership in Time of Crisis
Acting Short and Thinking Long
A Blue Dog Keeps Barking
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