tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213331072378388884.post6206947605365795327..comments2024-03-19T08:45:10.745-05:00Comments on Hayward "Blah, Blah, Blah" Blog---Just a (Retired now) High School Economics Teacher. That's all...: My simple explanation of what a "Tax Expenditure" is---this is a term you WILL hear more about in the coming weeks as we approach ANOTHER budget crisis. GeneHaywardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08848814178464097668noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213331072378388884.post-79050208013391155602013-03-18T16:51:32.061-05:002013-03-18T16:51:32.061-05:00Art---I am going to have to give you my "I am...Art---I am going to have to give you my "I am not an economist. I just play one in a Public School" answer. :)<br /><br />Looking at the list or "tax expenditures" listed above, I think the ONLY ones that seem to have bipartisan appeal are the deduction for State/Local Taxes and the Child Tax Credit. Maybe the one for charity deductions, but that seems to be wavering. I rarelyGeneHaywardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848814178464097668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213331072378388884.post-23299849748435667182013-03-18T16:42:29.768-05:002013-03-18T16:42:29.768-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.GeneHaywardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848814178464097668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213331072378388884.post-75941445174404962722013-03-18T16:22:19.853-05:002013-03-18T16:22:19.853-05:00Is there any definite preference for tax expenditu...Is there any definite preference for tax expenditure versus direct expenditure, where left and right either agree or disagree?<br /><br />My kneejerk is that tax expenditure does not increase the size of government, so the right might prefer it... And yet it could achieve objectives the left finds desirable.<br /><br />It seems to me something they could agree on, so I must be wrong about that.<The Arthurianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16501331051089400601noreply@blogger.com