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CBO: Taxes Will ‘Shoot Up by More Than 30 Percent’ Over Next 2 YearsBy Terence P. JeffreyCNSNews.com Feb. 01, 2012 |
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 (CNSNews.com) - The amount of money the federal government takes out of the U.S. economy in taxes will increase by more than 30 percent between 2012 and 2014, according to the Budget and Economic Outlook published today by the CBO. At the same time, according to CBO, the economy will remain sluggish, partly because of higher taxes. "In particular, between 2012 and 2014, revenues in CBO's baseline shoot up by more than 30 percent," said CBO, "mostly because of the recent or scheduled expirations of tax provisions, such as those that lower income tax rates and limit the reach of the alternative minimum tax (AMT), and the imposition of new taxes, fees, and penalties that are scheduled to go into effect." The U.S. economy, CBO projects, will perform "below its potential" for another six years and unemployment will remain above 7 percent for another three. Read More |
