Tax Reform Proposals
- "The Case for a Flat Tax" (by Congressman Dick Armey)
- A case for a flat tax (by an author of a proposed flat tax bill).
- "Challenges and Pitfalls of Comprehensive Tax Reform" (by Robert J. Shapiro)
- A discussion of the possible costs and benefits and benefits associated with comprehensive tax reform.
- A Debate on the Flat Tax
- A summary of a debate between Richard A. Gephardt and Jack Kemp that took place on February 28, 1996 at the American Enterprise Institute.
- "The Economic Effects of Comprehensive Tax Reform" (by Congressional Budget Office)
- A Congressional Budget Office study of alternative proposals for tax reform.
- "Falling Flat: The Dubious Case for the Flat Tax" (by Max. B. Sawicky)
- An essay that finds flaws in recent flat tax proposals.
- "Should We Tax Consumption, and If So, How?" (by Laurence J. Kotlikoff)
- A discussion of several consumption-based taxes (including Kotlikoff's own proposal for an "Electronic Consumption Tax").
- "Tax Reform: Reconciling Economic Growth and Fairness" (by Murray Weidenbaum)
- This article, written by a former chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, discusses the progressivity and incentive effects of several alternative tax structures.
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