Fiscal Times: Liberals and Conservative Agree Sneaky Tax Breaks Have to Go

There was rare agreement across the political spectrum at the House Ways and Means Tax Policy subcommittee hearing this week, with policy experts from Heritage Foundation, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the Center for American Progress, Taxpayers for Common Sense and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget supporting the elimination of “tax extenders” – the supposedly temporary tax breaks for special interests that tend to stick around, extended by Congress year after year. Read more