Adam Smith's Recommendations on Taxation
This page, authored by Nadia Weiner, provides a summary of Adam Smith's views on taxation, and a collection of quotes from The Wealth of Nations related to principles of taxation.

Congressional Budget Office
This site contains information about current federal taxation and spending issues.

Dr. Quiggly's Museum of Tax Oddities
An interesting collection of unusual tax laws (visit The Hall of Ancient Relics while at this site).

TaxWeb
A collection of links to federal, state, and local tax resources on the internet.

Federal Tax Code
An online version of the federal tax code.

Historical Income and Poverty Tables
U.S. Census historical statistics on the distribution of income and poverty levels in the U.S.

Social Security Administration
Find out more about the operation of the social security system at this site.

"Privatizing Social Security: The $10 Trillion Opportunity" (by Martin Feldstein)
As America moves into the 21st century, two public policy issues are becoming increasingly important: the need to reform Social Security and the need to spur economic growth and raise real wages. Recent evidence suggests that it may be possible to solve both problems simultaneously.

Tax Reform Proposals
A collection of links to online information and articles concerning a variety of recent flat-tax proposals.

U.S. Census Bureau: Poverty - The Official Statistics
This page contains information about the demographic composition and the geographical distribution of individuals living in poverty in the U.S.

"Worsening American Income Inequality: Is world trade to blame?"
Gary Burtless argues that the increase in income inequality in the U.S. is the result of structural changes in the U.S. labor market, and is not the result of foreign trade.

Medicare
The official U.S. government Medicare web site contains extensive information on the Medicare program.

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
This web page contains a summary of the provisions of the 1996 welfare reform act.