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The benefit and the burden : tax reform--why we need it and what it will take / Bruce Bartlett.

by Bartlett, Bruce R., 1951-

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New York : Simon & Schuster, c2012.

Taxation -- United States.

Income tax -- United States.

Fiscal policy -- United States.

9781451646191 (hbk. : alk. paper)

1451646194 (hbk. : alk. paper)

9781451646252 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)

1451646259 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)

xiii, 271 p. ; 25 cm.

1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.

A brief history of federal income taxation -- How a tax bill is made -- The definition of income -- How to understand tax rates -- The relationship between tax rates and tax revenues -- How taxes affect economic growth -- The question of progressivity -- Taxes and the business cycle -- How other countries tax themselves -- Spending through the tax code -- Taxes and the health system -- Tax preferences for housing -- How federal taxes affect the states -- The problem of charitable contributions -- The problem of taxing capital gains -- Unresolved issues in the taxation of corporations -- The problem of tax administration -- The history of tax reform -- The pros and cons of popular tax reform proposals -- The need for more revenue -- The case for a VAT -- The case against a VAT -- What should be done about the Bush tax cuts? -- If tax reform happens, it will be because Grover Norquist allows it.

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