A Subtle Tax Impact

Here’s a short summary of an analysis I did recently on the potential impact of a federal infrastructure loan program on federal revenues due to the displacement of other forms of financing. Very preliminary — more like a “thought experiment with some numbers” at this point — but the results show that the impact might be worth further research if loan programs become (as I think they will) a larger part of the infrastructure solution.

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