How the Budget Revolution was Lost

Corporate Welfare

The State Spending Spree of the 1990s

Emancipating America from the Income Tax: How a National Sales Tax Would Work

A Fiscal Report Card on America's Governors: 1998

How Corporate Welfare Won

Supply-Side Tax Cuts and the Truth About the Reagan Economic Record

Cato's fiscal policy program critiques the tax and spending policies of both major political parties and suggests free market and smaller government alternatives. Director Chris Edwards is a former senior economist at the congressional Joint Economic Committee and former tax manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Senior fellow Alan Reynolds was previously director of economic research at the Hudson Institute and chief economist at both Polyconomics and the First National Bank of Chicago. The fiscal policy team also includes policy analyst Veronique de Rugy and policy assistant Tad DeHaven.

"Discretionary Spending for 2003: Bush to Exceed Clinton by $124 billion," Cato News Release, February 4, 2002.

"Government Spending Upsurge Started Before 9/11—New CBO Numbers Show Projected Federal Spending Will Rise 31 Percent by FY 2004," Cato News Release, January 23, 2002.

"WTO Rules Against U.S. Tax Break, Opens Door for Business Tax Reform," Cato News Release, January 17, 2002.

"IRS Rule That Forces Banks To Report Interest on Foreign Deposits Should Be Formally Scrapped," Cato News Release, January 17, 2002.

"Top Ten Fiscal Myths of Sens. Kennedy and Daschle," Cato News Release, January 17, 2002.

"Sen. Daschle’s latest economic stimulus "plan" is economic bunkum, say experts," Cato News Release, January 4, 2002.

Tax Policy

"Sen. Daschle Knows What Every American Needs," by Chris Edwards, A Cato Daily Commentary, January 30, 2002.

"Economic Stimulus Proposals," Congressional Testimony by Chris Edwards before the House Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Tax, Finance, and Exports, December 6, 2001.

"Simplifying Federal Taxes: The Advantages of Consumption-Based Taxation," by Chris Edwards, Policy Analysis No. 416, October 17, 2001.

"Business Tax Cuts Crucial in Slowdown." by Chris Edwards, article in The Washington Times, October 2, 2001.

"Plenty of Budget Room." by Chris Edwards, article in USA Today, August 7, 2001.

"A Large Tax Cut?." by Chris Edwards, article in Investors Business Daily, July 2, 2001.

"Cut Tax Rates, Cut Government Waste." by Chris Edwards, A Cato Daily Commentary, May 24, 2001.

"Cut Taxes, But Simplify Them Too." by Chris Edwards, A Cato Daily Commentary, May 17, 2001.

"Imagine There's No Income Tax." by Stephen Slivinski, A Cato Daily Commentary, April 14, 2001.

"Fundamental Tax Reform." The Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 106th Congress.

"Tax Freedom Day," by Doug Bandow, A Cato Daily Commentary, May 13, 1999.

"The Gift Tax: It's Going, Going, Gone," by Stephen Moore, A Cato Daily Commentary, September 16, 1998.

"Proposition 13: Then, Now, and Forever," by Stephen Moore, A Cato Daily Commentary, July 30, 1998.

"Congresses' Tax Cut Imperative," by Stephen Moore, A Cato Daily Commentary, June 17, 1998.

"The Freedom to Choose Flat Tax," by Stephen Moore, A Cato Daily Commentary, June 9, 1998.

"Abolish the Tax Code, not the IRS," by Theodore J. Forstmann and Stephen Moore, A Cato Daily Commentary, May 13, 1998.

"Supermajority: A Super Idea," By Dean Stansel, A Cato Daily Commentary, April 15, 1998.

"The Hidden Burden of Taxation: How Government Reduces Take Home Pay," by Dean Stansel, Policy Analysis No. 302, April 15, 1998.

"How to Expose Hidden Taxation, " by Dean Stansel, A Cato Daily Commentary, April 13, 1998.

"Republicans go AWOL on Tax Cuts," by Gary L. Bauer and Stephen Moore, A Cato Daily Commentary, March 25, 1998.

"Tax Cuts in 1998" Testimony by Stephen Moore before the House Ways and Means Committee, February 4, 1998.

"The National Sales Tax: Who Bears the Burden?" by Gilbert Metcalf, Policy Analysis No. 289, December 8, 1997.

"Emancipating America from the Income Tax: How a National Sales Tax Would Work," by David R. Burton and Dan R. Mastromarco, Policy Analysis No. 272, April 15, 1997.

"Supply-Side Tax Cuts and the Truth About the Reagan Economic Record," by William A. Niskanen and Stephen Moore, Policy Analysis No. 261, October 22, 1996.

"The ABCs of the Capital Gains Tax," by Stephen Moore and John Silvia. Policy Analysis No. 242, October 4, 1995.

"The Economic Impact of Replacing Federal Income Taxes with a Sales Tax," by Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Policy Analysis No. 193, April 15, 1993.

"The Futility of Raising Tax Rates," by Bruce Bartlett, Policy Analysis No. 192, April 8, 1993.

"A Consumer's Guide to Taxes: How Much Do You Really Pay in Taxes?" by George Nastas and Stephen Moore, Briefing Paper No. 15, April 15, 1992.

"How Rising Tax Burdens Can Produce Recession," by William C. Dunkelberg and John Skorburg, Policy Analysis No. 148, February 21, 1991.

Budget Policy

"Bush Budget Reads Well, Numbers Disappoint," by Chris Edwards, article in Liberty magazine, April 2002.

"Save the Farms -- End the Subsidies," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Daily Commentary, March 6, 2002. This article first appeared in The Washington Post on March 3, 2002.

"Farm Subsidies at Record Levels As Congress Considers New Farm Bill," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Briefing Paper No. 70, October 18, 2001.

"Real Emergencies and Farm "Emergencies"," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Daily Commentary, October 8, 2001.

"How Much Reform Can Taxpayers Afford?," by Chris Edwards, article in The Washington Times, September 11, 2001.

"Would More Taxes Equal More Savings?," by Alan Reynolds, article in The Washington Times, September 6, 2001.

"The Stubborn Seeds of U.S. Farm Subsidies," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, article in TheWashington Times, August 23, 2001.

"Fiscal Incontinence," by Stephen Slivinski, A Cato Daily Commentary, May 14, 2001.

"The Return of the Living Dead: Federal Programs that Survived the Republican Revolution," by Stephen Moore and Stephen Slivinski, Policy Analysis No. 375, July 24, 2000.

"The Federal Budget," by Stephen Moore and Tim Penny. The Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 106th Congress.

"The Grand Old Spending Party," by Stephen Moore and James Carter, A Cato Daily Commentary, March 29, 1999.

"How the Budget Revolution was Lost," by Stephen Moore. Policy Analysis No. 281, September 2, 1997.

"No, Bill Clinton Did Not Balance the Budget," by Stephen Moore, A Cato Daily Commentary, October 8, 1998.

"Save the Line-Item Veto," by Stephen Moore, A Cato Daily Commentary, August 6, 1998.

"Still Paying for Government," by Doug Bandow, A Cato Daily Commentary, May 12, 1998.

"The Spend and Spend Congress," by Doug Bandow, A Cato Daily Commentary, May 8, 1998.

"Making Better Use of the Budget Surplus," by Edward H. Crane, A Cato Daily Commentary, January 28, 1998.

"GOP Budget Busters," by Stephen Moore, A Cato Daily Commentary, January 20, 1998.

"An Open Letter to Appropriations Committee Chairman Bob Livingston," by Stephen Moore, A Cato Daily Commentary, January 5, 1998.

Corporate Welfare

"The Corporate Welfare Budget: Bigger Than Ever," by Stephen Slivinski. Policy Anaylsis No. 415, October 10, 2001.

"Corporate Welfare," by Dean Stansel. The Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 106th Congress.

"Corporate Subsidies in the Federal Budget." Testimony of Stephen Moore before the House Budget Committee, June 30, 1999.

"Silicon Valley versus Corporate Welfare," by T.J. Rogers. Briefing Paper No. 37, April 27, 1998.

"Federal Aid to Dependent Corporations: Clinton and Congress Fail to Eliminate Business Subsidies," by Stephen Moore and Dean Stansel. Briefing Paper No. 28, May 1, 1997.

"How Corporate Welfare Won: Clinton and Congress Retreat from Cutting Business Subsidies," by Stephen Moore and Dean Stansel. Policy Anaylsis No. 254, May 15, 1996.

State and Local Issues

"Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors: 2000," by Stephen Moore and Stephen Slivinski. Policy Analysis No. 391, February 12, 2001.

"The State Spending Spree of the 1990s," by Dean Stansel and Stephen Moore. Policy Analysis No. 343, May 13, 1999.

"Sports Pork: The Costly Relationship between Major League Sports and Government," by Raymond J. Keating, Policy Analysis 339, April 5, 1999.

"A Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors: 1998," by Stephen Moore and Dean Stansel. Policy Analysis No. 315, September 3, 1998.

"Capital Crimes: Political Centers as Parasite Economies," by Richard K. Vedder. Policy Analysis No. 250, February 28, 1996.

"Missouri's Hancock II Amendment: The Case for Real Reform," by Dean Stansel. Briefing Paper No. 20, October 17, 1994.

"Taming Leviathan: Are Tax and Spending Limitations the Answer?" by Dean Stansel. Policy Analysis No. 213, July 25, 1994.

"The Myth of America's Underfunded Cities," by Stephen Moore and Dean Stansel. Policy Analysis No. 188, February 22, 1993.

"Bigger is Not Better: The Virtues of Decentralized Local Government," by Sam Staley. Policy Analysis No. 166, January 21, 1992.