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Feb102017

MGA’s Alex Brill on CNBC’s Squawk Box

February 10, 2017Filed Under: Interviews

“Tax reform is by definition a game about winners and losers. If there aren’t winners and losers, it’s not tax reform. So there should be no surprise that there are people who are upset about the things that are being discussed, but that doesn’t make it a bad idea…. The idea…is to create a level playing field. There are winners and losers today as a result of the tax code, and if we can clean that system up, we can create fairness between debt and equity, between corporate and non-corporate, between domestically domiciled corporations and foreign competitors.”

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Jan302017

Border Adjustment Tax: $260 Billion More Than You Thought

January 30, 2017Filed Under: Op-Eds

If the House Republican plan for a border adjustment tax were adopted, many large U.S. multinationals and others net exporters would receive more tax subsidy on their exports than tax owed on their other business activities. Without refundable credits, a 20% border adjustment tax would actually yield $260 billion in revenue beyond the expected $1 trillion.

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Jan262017

MGA’s Alex Brill Contributes to Nonpartisan Report Offering Menu of Options to Policymakers on Social Insurance Programs

January 26, 2017Filed Under: News

In an ambitious new report released today, the National Academy of Social Insurance provides detailed, evidence-based analyses on a range of policy options for modernizing the nation’s social insurance system.

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Dec152016

MGA’s Alex Brill Serves as a Panelist at Opportunity America’s “This Way Up: Economic Mobility for Poor and Middle-Class Americans”

December 15, 2016Filed Under: Events

At an event on conservative policies for helping poor and middle-class Americans, Alex Brill discussed how best to promote upward mobility: “I think that in the long run, if we provide some relief or assistance to those workers and those families without the kind of structural reforms that Speaker Ryan was talking about — closing the skills gap and things like that — then what are we going to do ten years from now when those people aren’t moving up through the system?”

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Dec92016

Trump Tax Plan Could Negatively Impact Giving

December 9, 2016Filed Under: Op-Eds

President Trump’s proposal to cap itemized deductions would cause a drop in charitable giving. For those giving above the cap, the net cost would jump from $0.60 per $1 of giving to an unsubsidized $1 per $1 of giving. Because a 1% increase in the price yields a 1% drop in giving, $17.6 billion in annual giving could evaporate.

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Dec82016

MGA’s Alex Brill Serves as a Panelist at the National Coalition on Health Care’s Capitol Hill Forum

December 8, 2016Filed Under: Events

From the Coalition to Protect Patient Choice:

“The last panelist was Alex Brill… [who] spoke about FDA reform and specifically about patent issues relating to biologic drugs and their generic counterparts known as biosimilars. He stated that biosimilar entry has not been as robust as was envisioned by the Affordable Care Act, due to archaic regulatory schemes, anticompetitive conduct, and cost-benefit analysis.”

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Dec12016

MGA’s Alex Brill Serves as a Panelist at AEI’s “Setting Priorities for Governing”

December 1, 2016Filed Under: Events

From AEI:

“Alex Brill expressed optimism regarding the incoming Congress’ ability to enact pro-growth tax reform and endorsed the Ryan-Brady tax plan. However, he acknowledged that achieving bipartisan cooperation on this front will be challenging.”

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Nov212016

Trump Transition Team Lineup Hints at Future Treasury Pick

November 21, 2016Filed Under: Interviews

“Whoever Trump settles on for his Cabinet pick will be tasked with enormous responsibilities and likely face fierce opposition during the Senate confirmation process by progressive senators like Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., particularly if the nominee comes from a Wall Street background, according to Alex Brill of the American Enterprise Institute.”

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Oct312016

Tax Reform: Ryan-Brady Plan Is a Better Way

October 31, 2016Filed Under: Analysis

The Ryan-Brady tax plan lowersstatutory tax rates, maintains a progressive income tax, and dramatically reduces the marginal tax rate on new investment. The plan will simplify compliance with the tax code by increasing the number of filers choosing not to itemize deductions. The plan’s individual income tax reforms approach revenue neutrality at the end of the budget window.

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Oct282016

Who Will Pay for Hillary Clinton’s Tax-Code Social Engineering?

October 28, 2016Filed Under: Op-Eds

Hillary Clinton wants to double the child tax credit for children under 5 and increase the refundability of the credit for more low-income households. Her proposal will further exacerbate the tax disparity between childless households and families with young children. And, by adding substantially to the federal deficit, the policy will shift the cost of raising today’s children onto future generations.

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