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Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:12 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Off the Charts Blog Post: Kansas' Big and Damaging Tax Cut http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 22 May 2012 11:09:18 -0400 Off the Charts Blog Post: After Welfare Reform, the Poorest Families Had More Trouble Paying Bills http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 22 May 2012 14:41:14 -0400 Off the Charts Blog Post: Key Tax System Concepts, Explained http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 18 May 2012 15:03:30 -0400 Off the Charts Blog Post: Greenstein's Take on Boehner's Statement http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 17 May 2012 14:34:28 -0400 Off the Charts Blog Post: 230,000 Long-Term Unemployed Lost Jobless Benefits This Week http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 14 May 2012 16:48:25 -0400 Off the Charts Blog Post: A “Small Improvement” Worth Making http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:00:56 -0400 Off the Charts Blog Post: Video: Jared Bernstein and Chye-Ching Huang Discuss Tax Rates and the Economy http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 08 May 2012 16:40:57 -0400 Testimony of Stacy Dean, Vice President for Food Assistance Policy, Before the House Committee on Agriculture's Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture Thank you for the invitation to testify today. I am Stacy Dean, Vice President for Food Assistance Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan policy institute located here in Washington. The Center is an independent, non-profit policy institute that conducts research and analysis on a range of federal and state policy issues affecting low- and moderate-income families. The Center's food assistance work focuses on improving the effectiveness of the major … http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3768 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3768 Tue, 08 May 2012 11:03:35 -0400 Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the April Employment Report Today’s employment report shows that April’s job growth was disappointing for the second straight month and that the economic costs in terms of fewer jobs, less income, and lower growth remain very high. In particular, the number of workers in the Labor Department’s broadest measure of labor market underutilization — comprising the unemployed, discouraged workers and others “marginally attached” to the labor force who nonetheless have indicated they … http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3766 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3766 Fri, 04 May 2012 10:50:59 -0400 The False Choice of National Defense Versus Helping the Poor House committees this week approved sharp cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps), the elimination of the Social Services Block Grant, and other cuts that would harm large numbers of low- and moderate-income Americans.[1] Proponents claim the cuts are needed to generate enough savings to avert an automatic cut in defense spending of nearly $55 billion scheduled for next January, which they say would harm national security. (Last … http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3752 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3752 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:31:30 -0400 Off the Charts Blog Post: The House Considers Food Stamps and Taxes http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:56:40 -0400 House Agriculture Committee Proposal Would Cut 2 Million Off Food Stamps, Reduce Benefits for More Than 44 Million Others The House Agriculture Committee, which the House-approved budget requires to quickly produce $33 billion in savings over the next decade, approved a proposal today that would obtain the entire amount from cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps.[1] The cuts — which would come on top of another proposal in the House budget to cut SNAP by $133 billion over the next decade and convert it to a block grant — would reduce or … http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3749 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3749 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:10:10 -0400 Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on Pending House Tax Cut and House Committee SNAP Benefit Cuts The House majority is pursuing legislation this week that makes no economic sense. The full House will pass a $46 billion tax cut that’s advertised as a “job-creating” measure, while the House Agriculture Committee approved a plan today to save $36 billion by cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps). Virtually the entire tax cut as well as about $8 billion of the SNAP cuts would take place in 2012-2013.… http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3750 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3750 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:50:58 -0400 Off the Charts Blog Post: Greenstein on the Safety Net, Part 1 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:11:18 -0400 Testimony: Robert Greenstein Before the House Budget Committee Hearing on Strengthening the Safety Net Thank you for the invitation to testify today. I am Bob Greenstein, head of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a policy institute located here in Washington. I also served many years ago as Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service at USDA, which operates SNAP (then called food stamps) and other domestic food assistance programs My testimony covers several related issues: a look at the functioning of the safety net as a whole; a more intensive focus on … http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3745 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3745 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:26:09 -0400 Off the Charts Blog Post: Thinking About Tax Policy, Part 4: Ryan Plan a Costly Step in the Wrong Direction http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:19:39 -0400 Video: Chad Stone and Hannah Shaw Discuss the March Employment Report Chad Stone, Chief Economist, and Hannah Shaw, Research Associate, discuss the disappointing jobs report for March and what it indicates about job creation and economic growth. Click the video for the full discussion. http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3743 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3743 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:03:49 -0400 Chad Stone and Hannah Shaw Discuss the March Employment Report Chad Stone, Chief Economist, and Hannah Shaw, Research Associate, discuss the disappointing jobs report for March and what it indicates about job creation and economic growth. Click the video for the full discussion. http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3743 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3743 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:24:03 -0400 Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the March Employment Report Today's jobs report disappointed expectations, with employers adding only 120,000 jobs in March, making clear that a strong jobs recovery remains elusive. The unemployment rate dipped to 8.2 percent, but that decline reflected people leaving the labor force, not finding jobs. The combination of high unemployment and depressed labor force participation leaves the share of Americans with a job at levels last seen in the mid-1980s (see chart). Though the … http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3742 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3742 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:58:53 -0400 Off the Charts Blog Post: Myths on Spending, Debt, and Taxes Fuel Ryan Vision http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:22:38 -0400 Off the Charts Blog Post: Where Do Our Federal Tax Dollars Go? http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:24:29 -0400 Off the Charts Blog Post: Putting a Price on Carbon Can Be a Budget Policy/Energy Policy "Two-Fer" http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:17:39 -0400 Off the Charts Blog Post: Ryan Budget Would Make Big Changes in Medicare http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:54:06 -0400 Off the Charts Blog Post: Cooper-LaTourette Plan Not as Balanced as Bowles-Simpson http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:17:50 -0400 Cantor Proposal for 20 Percent Business Tax Deduction Would Provide Windfall for Wealthy, Not Create Jobs Though billed as a measure to create jobs by aiding small businesses, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) proposal for a 20 percent tax deduction in 2012 for businesses with fewer than 500 employees would benefit many high-income taxpayers — including many affluent doctors, lawyers, and stockbrokers — while failing to generate the promised economic benefits.[1] The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center estimates that nearly half — 49 percent — of the $46 … http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3734 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3734 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:49:23 -0400