Beware of the Revenue-Neutral Promise
Anyone who ever ate at my mother’s house will tell you that she was an amazing cook. Everything always turned out well. And, she somehow managed without an instant-read digital thermometer.I,...
View ArticleIt's All in the Preparation
At my house, when we are getting ready to take a hike, you can tell lot about the seriousness of the undertaking by the preparation. If boots are waxed, maps repeatedly checked, and backpacks filled...
View ArticleTaxes & Cheating: The Other 47 Percent
When our kids were in high school, a very wise principal told us: “Any sentence with the word ‘nobody’ or the word ‘everybody’ is wrong. “ Since then, I have been startled at how many times I hear...
View ArticleLow-Rate Corporate Tax Reform – Easier Said Than Done
A year ago, I casually decided to hike every trail in the North District of the Shenandoah National Park. How hard could that be? There are only about 150 miles of these trails. Well, it turns out...
View ArticleRomney Tax Reform: Reading Between The Blank Lines
Like Governor Romney, I have raised a number of kids. One of the things I learned to do with them was to listen to the silence. When it got too quiet upstairs, when a good friend’s name vanished from...
View ArticleBusiness Tax Reform – A Matter Of Perspective
During the August recess, my friend Jeff was camping in Glacier National Park’s back country. Late one afternoon, he set off with his camera and equipment in pursuit of some swans. As he worked...
View ArticleThe Tax Reform Mandate
On Tuesday, the electorate will get to the end of a very long political process, during which they have been promised a better tax system without any real discussion about the sacrifices such a system...
View ArticleTax Reform: Tax Increases Versus More Revenue
Yesterday, Speaker Boehner delivered prepared remarks on finding common ground and averting the fiscal cliff. These remarks are being hailed in the press for their “conciliatory tone.” Some even...
View ArticleThe Many Meaning of Tax Reform
As I watch the debate in Washington around “tax reform,” I can’t help but think of this conversation between Humpty Dumpty and Alice in Through the Looking Glass:"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said...
View ArticleTax Reform At The Bottom Of The Cliff
Whatever Congress and the White House do in the next couple of weeks will reinforce the case for tax reform. The seeming sanctification of low tax rates that occurred with the Tax Reform Act of 1986...
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