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Earl Gregg Swem Library

Effects of a Carbon Tax on the Economy and the Environment

Categories: Business/Economics,Climate Change,Energy,Environment,Govt Finance,Taxes

http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/44223_Carbon_0.pdf

This study examines how a carbon tax, combined with alternative uses of the revenues–such as reducing budget deficits, decreasing existing marginal tax rates, or offsetting the costs that a carbon tax would impose on certain people—might affect the economy and the environment.  From the Congressional Budget Office.

 

Public Education Finances: 2011

Categories: Education,Govt Finance,Statistics

http://www2.census.gov/govs/school/11f33pub.pdf

Offers financial statistics relating to public elementary and secondary education at the national and state level and for the 100 largest school systems by enrollment.  Reports that spending per student dropped in FY 2011 for the first time since annual data collection began in 1977.  From the Census Bureau

 

Offshore Profit Shifting and the U.S. Tax Code

Categories: Business/Economics,Govt Finance,Taxes

http://levin.senate.gov/download/exhibit1a_profitshiftingmemo_apple

Report prepared for congressional hearing on how individual and corporate taxpayers such as Apple are shifting billions of dollars offshore to avoid U.S. taxes.   From the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs.

 

An Analysis of the President’s 2014 Budget

Categories: Govt Finance,Presidency,Statistics

http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/44173-APB_0.pdf

Covers the impact of the president’s proposals on the budget outlook and the differences between the administration’s estimates and those of the Congressional Budget Office.  From the CBO

 

The Federal Budget: Issues for FY2014 and Beyond

Categories: Govt Finance,Govt Processes/Organization,Laws/Regulations

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43068.pdf

Discusses recent budget actions including the release of the adminstration’s FY2014 budget and the passage of budget resolutions by the House and Senate.  Also discusses spending and revenue trends and the unsustainability of those trends. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

 

Proposals to Eliminate Public Financing of Presidential Campaigns

Categories: Elections/Campaigns,Govt Finance

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41604.pdf

Discusses the reasons why some think the current public financing structure for presidential campaigns is antiquated and in need of reform or abolition.  Also provides a brief policy overview and raises potential issues for congressional consideration.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

 

Six Year Transportation Improvement Program

Categories: Govt Finance,Transportation,Virginia Issues

http://www.virginiadot.org/projects/syp-default.asp

Working draft of the planned improvements to highways and transportation systems in Virginia for the period 2014-2019.   From the Virginia Department of Transportation

 

Medicare May 2013 Baseline

Categories: Govt Finance,Medicare/Medicaid,Statistics

http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/44205_Medicare_0.pdf

Latest projections, as of May 2013, of financial projections for Medicare to 2023.  From the Congressional Budget Office

 

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