New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has not made available to the public include the following items on tax policy.
International Corporate Tax Rate Comparisons and Policy Implications, December 28, 2012
Reform of U.S. International Taxation: Alternatives, December 27, 2012
Distributional Effects of Taxes on Corporate Profits, Investment Income, and Estates, December 27, 2012
Tax Deductions for Individuals: A Summary, December 20, 2012
Funding and Financing Highways and Public Transportation, December 26, 2012
The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases, December 27, 2012
Satellite imagery of RAF Lakenheath reveals new construction of a security perimeter around ten protective aircraft shelters in the designated nuclear area, the latest measure in a series of upgrades as the base prepares for the ability to store U.S. nuclear weapons.
It will take consistent leadership and action to navigate the complex dangers in the region and to avoid what many analysts considered to be an increasingly possible outcome, a nuclear conflict in East Asia.
Getting into a shutdown is the easy part, getting out is much harder. Both sides will be looking to pin responsibility on each other, and the court of public opinion will have a major role to play as to who has the most leverage for getting us out.
How the United States responds to China’s nuclear buildup will shape the global nuclear balance for the rest of the century.