Will Cutting The Payroll Tax Increase Jobs? (Empirical Evidence From The EU VAT)

Red Ink Rising, the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform’s report,[1] presents the country with a fiscal/employment dilemma – Congress must act immediately to stem the federal debt, but it must move carefully lest it harm employment in the fragile economy. In short, we must act fast and slow – we must decrease the debt and increase employment.[2] This is a difficult task. The Peterson-Pew dilemma (notably its jobs-creation aspect) was…