forbes.com - 4/4/2009
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Two recent announcements from the Obama administration have started the ball rolling on tax reform. This is a long overdue and welcome development. It's critically important that Congress enact some sort of major tax reform every 10 years or so because the tax code becomes unbelievably cluttered ...
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 3/30/2009
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President Barack Obama attacked AIG last saying the
insurance giant was in financial straits because of "recklessness...
and greed." Obama announced that he intended to stop AIG from paying out millions in executive bonuses. The AP : But, that ...
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AIG Board Member Named to Obama's Task Force on Tax Reform
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TIME FOR TAX REFORM? Bruce Bartlett: “Two recent announcements from the Obama administration have …
Instapundit —
... TIME FOR TAX REFORM? Bruce Bartlett: “Two recent announcements from the Obama administration have started the ball rolling on tax reform. This is a long overdue and welcome development. It’s critically important that Congress enact some sort of major tax reform every 10 years or so because the tax code becomes unbelievably cluttered very quickly with special tax provisions. It’s essential to clear away this underbrush from time to time and look at the tax system in its totality. Unfortunately, the last major tax reform effort took place in 1986.” ...
Ann of a thousand yachts
SCSUScholars —
... has missed the main message of tax reform. The lesson from 1986 was that you could only trade their removal for lower tax rates. The ...
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