Tax Expenditures: Count Hidden Spending Inside the Budget Process
Tax expenditures are a huge part of overall federal spending, but aren’t part of the regular budget process. As we seek to trim budgets, all forms of spending should be on the table.
Tax expenditures are a huge part of overall federal spending, but aren’t part of the regular budget process. As we seek to trim budgets, all forms of spending should be on the table.
The year 2013 certainly provided no shortage of fodder for policy wonks. We faced off over the debt limit and government shutdown, scraped together a budget deal, alternatively debated and ignored immigration reform, witnessed the shaky rollout of the Affordable…