Tax Code Changes: Wealth Transfer — Aggressively Progressive?

But trying to achieve fairness through the tax code is neither simple nor economically risk-free. The income tax is a crude, imperfect tool that doesn’t address the underlying causes of income disparity. Additionally, the tax system’s complexity as well as the wide regional differences in the cost of living make it difficult for lawmakers to effectively define rich and poor using a single national income standard. Full Story »

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Naomi Isler
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by Naomi Isler - Apr. 16, 2009

This article tries to address the pros and cons of using the tax code to rebalance incomes. Tax codes always do this one way or another; that's nothing new. And the article does not address the problem of the incredible complexity of our current tax code.

I had a very uneasy sense reading the article that it was really biased toward the Right - there were quite a few of what I felt were code words and phrases. And unless the Tax Foundation has greatly changed since the days when I knew it, 'nonpartisan' , and seeking a simple neutral tax code are not accurate descriptions. It was at that time a very right wing group.

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