The economy needs direct stimulus from the government since monetary policy can only provide incentives to firms and households to spend, not actually increase spending. If the government decides to increase spending that will directly contribute towards increasing aggregate demand. Higher aggregate demand in turn will help increase our real GDP. In addition, the government should lower taxes to stimulate spending, therefore pushing economy out of recession.…
Interest rate is the cost of borrowing money. The Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates to stabilize the economy. This is one of the fiscal policies they have applied to correct this problem. Yes, the recession of 2007 has caused for lowered interest rates in 2013. The economy has been on a downturn and one of the ways to turn this downward flow around is to lower interest rates. Applying low interest rates will help households across the states save money in addition to businesses finance new spending ("Why Are Interest Rates Being Kept at a Low Level?" 2013). Furthermore, because of the lowering of interest rates, the United States dollar is depreciating. Another policy the government has created is monetary incentives for businesses in hopes of getting them to hire more employees. This process will work however maybe not in the timeframe people want it to happen. Overall, the Federal Reserve plays a vital role in that depreciation however, it has to for the economy to…
One policy to reduce the fiscal deficit and attempt to effectively deal with the recession would be to lower taxes such as VAT, this is an example of an expansionary fiscal policy. VAT is an indirect tax placed on consumption such as purchasing of goods and services. For the government to reduce VAT, it would increase consumption because all the goods and services within the economy become cheaper as a portion of the price is removed. With consumption being the main component of aggregate demand (C+I+G+(X-M)), it will cause an outward shift as shown below where AD rises to AD1.…
After reviewing the recommendations from these consultants, I do not believe that increasing taxes and raising interest rates are good ideas. I believe following through with those actions only hurts the people of our country and does not help the economy recover. If we increase interest rates and increase taxes, every person from each class will be affected negatively. Although raising taxes and interests rates would be a lot more beneficial and a quicker way to help the economy recover, I believe the morale of our citizens is more important.…
The tax dollars not only help the economy, financially disable, and government programs; they also help the world as a whole. People don't understand how much tax dollars makes a different in the world. Tax dollars also distributes to wars, nasa, and colleges. This may seem over dramatic but athletes are the highest tax payers since their salaries are so big. If wars were not able to be funded anymore what will that lead to? First we wouldn't be able to defend ourselves against other countries. Without money for weapons we would only be able to bring fist to a gun fight, and that doesn't end well. College is also another tax dollar assistant because many student receive federal…
Will increases in government spending financed by borrowing help promote a strong recovery from a severe recession. Why or why not?…
However, it was the downward sequence of events that followed the tax cuts which made it seem like a bad idea to begin with. Starting with the rationale behind the tax cuts when they were proposed, it was undeniable that the main class benefitting from maintaining a portion of their income would be the rich due to the large amounts of money they would be saving. However, the defense of this notion was the idea that the money which the rich would be saving would be used to create jobs for the working class. The failing portion of this idea came due to the fact there was no large quantity of additional jobs came from the large amounts of money the rich saved. While there were a variety of events that unfolded which perhaps hindered the results Bush planned on obtaining from his tax plans such as the War on Terror, ignited by the 9/11 terror attacks, there is no solid evidence that the tax plans created jobs at all. From my perspective, allowing lower class citizens to keep a larger portion of their checks initially seems like a great idea, but to sustain long term economic growth this idea quickly becomes negative. Since the tax cuts were not saving those with lower income a large amount of money, they were not spending greater amounts…
People will no longer have to pay income tax, so they'll get to receive 100 percent of their income. This, as experts assume, will lead to higher consumer spending and help stabilize the economy even when certain federal taxes would be abolished.…
Admittedly payroll taxes are a necessity for a functional health care and school system, however one must bear in mind that are also other tax income more than payroll tax. If the payroll tax is reduced then another tax income has to rise in order to even the differences. There will still be taxes that fund health care and education, since these are fundamental sectors in a society. On the hand, tax deduction can help the economic growth in addition to spending the government’s money on right things.…
Yes, they will be spent in the first couple of months to either buy something…
The multiplier was the factor by which economists multiplied a tax cut to eliminate its eventual impact on GDP (Weinziel & Werker, 2009). Economists prefer use multiplier calculation to measure the impact of fiscal policy and the size of a stimulus package. However, if fiscal policy cut the taxes by government, people have more income to spending. First, we need to focus on the “output gap”---the different between the current GDP and potential GDP, and the gap could be calculated by multiplier. When we calculate the output gap, the size of tax rebate or the spending increase needs to close the gap. Second, we also can focus on the desire reduction in the unemployment rate rather than output gap. When the economy of U.S. rises again, the GDP will be increase, and the unemployment rate was decrease. Consequently, every economic issue is in the business cycle. A fiscal policy, such as tax cut should follow the business cycle. That is why many fiscal policies are inefficient because policy maker don’t follow the business cycle and only think about high benefit of a…
3. From the perspective of supply-side economists, a cut in tax rates will be: Lead to long term economic growth.…
Advocates of this ideology say taxing the wealthy will make them unhappy with the country and will make them emigrate to a country with lower tax rate. Proponents of tax breaks say that when the affluent are given tax breaks the economy will prosper because the rich are more likely to spend. The tax break advocates say cutting the top tax rate will increase economic growth because when the wealthy spend their money, growth will occur in small businesses, which in turn causes wage growth, income growth as well as job creation. The advocates say that this all increases the tax revenue for the government in the end, so cutting taxes for the rich is the long term solution to the inequality between the lower class and upper…
This article has helped me understand the concept of tax reform vs. tax cut. Real reform restructures the tax code to make it simpler, fairer, and more efficient. The article notes that Tax reform, which may include tax cuts, is harder to achieve and involves tough tradeoffs. Tax cuts, on their own and without many tradeoffs, don't qualify as reform and are a much easier sell. When it comes to politics tax reform and tax cuts are always a topic, so the next time I tune into a presidential debate I will be well aware of the concepts between the two.…
Republicans believe government should tax only to raise money for its essential functions (Diamond & Gunther, 23). That is, Republicans believe government should spend money only to enforce contracts, maintain basic infrastructure and national security, and protect citizens against criminals ("Republican National Committee | GOP"). The literature of the House Republican Conference goes on to illuminate the role of the government and how tax policies affect individuals: The money the government spends does not belong to the government; it belongs to the taxpayers who earned it (Democrats vs. Republicans). Republicans believe Americans deserve to keep more of their own money to save and invest for the future, and low tax policies help drive a strong and healthy economy ("Republican National Committee | GOP"). Tax relief is the Republican route to growing the economy (Barton). A Republican government would reduce taxes for businesses to allow businesses to grow and thus hire more employees (Barton). Republicans also seek to limit income taxes for individuals so that people can hold on to more disposable income, which they can then spend, save or invest…