In any event, they say, what really matters is how revenues are holding up against the state budget forecast, and that so far taxes are coming in above expectations.
Raising the minimum wage to $15 goes only so far; the tax system must be addressed, with major tax hikes required, but Sanders is vague on specifics, other than calling for a "political revolution".
"So far as tax devolution is concerned, I am pleased that both landfill tax and stamp duty land tax are to be fully devolved.
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"So far, the tax credit is having hardly any effect at all," said Patrick Newport, an economist for IHS Global Insight.
So far, the tax cuts for older people, married couples, farmers and families inheriting large estates have sailed through the House, drawing large swaths of Democrats with them.
So far, booming tax revenues disguise the problem; that could change all too quickly.None of the seven ex-communist states outside the euro (Slovenia squeaked in and will adopt it on January 1st) is likely to join this decade.
One of them, he said, is whether what has been done so far in tax cuts and spending has had time to have its full effect on the economy.
