![]() That’s another reason to support for basic income. The proposed economic stimulus package is sure to add lots of complications. ![]() ![]() Whenever politicians propose new tax credits, deductions, or similar “reforms,” the overall impact is to make the tax code more complex. They’re not telling us that, of course, but history is clear. ![]() But they and other elected officials are doing just the opposite. The Obama administration ought to be calling for radical tax reform and simplification. If they can’t understand and follow the rules, when both helped make the rules and enforce the rules, and both earn lots of money and can afford to hire accountants and tax attorneys, it makes no sense to expect us ordinary Americans to do any better. This New York Times editorial calls upon Daschle to withdraw his nomination.ĭaschle’s mistakes, like Tim Geithner’s, are a good argument for tax reform. Here’s a Washington Post editorial about Tom Daschle’s errors and failure to pay. David Brooks on taxes, deficits, and moralityĮveryone’s talking about taxes, it seems, and not just about tax cuts as part of the economic stimulus package.
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