Tax Reform

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780737752410
  • Publisher: Cengage Gale
  • Publication date: 3/15/2011
  • Series: Opposing Viewpoints Series
  • Format: Library Binding
  • Pages: 240
  • Age range: 14 - 17 Years
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Table of Contents

Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints? 11

Introduction 14

Chapter 1 Is the Current US Tax System Working?

Chapter Preface 18

1 Americans Are Overtaxed Doug Bandow 20

2 US Taxes Pay for Programs with Broad Public Support Michael Linden Michael Ettlinger 26

3 American Taxpayers Are Facing a Tax Crisis Pamela Villarreal D. Sean Shurtleff 31

4 There Are Many Myths About the US Tax System Roberton Williams Rosanne Altshuler 38

Periodical Bibliography 45

Chapter 2 Is the Current US Tax System Fair for Rich and Poor?

Chapter Preface 47

1 Taxing the Rich Heavily Is Necessary Robert Parry 49

2 Taxing the Rich Heavily Is Not Good Policy Curtis S. Dubay 57

3 Tax Cuts for the Rich Should End Chuck Marr Gillian Brunei 69

4 Tax Cuts for the Rich Benefit Both Rich and Poor: National Center for Policy Analysis 78

5 Low-Income Families Pay Too Little in Taxes Ari Fleischer 85

6 Low-Income Families Do Not Pay Too Little in Taxes Leonard E. Burman 92

Periodical Bibliography 96

Chapter 3 What Particular Taxes Should Be Enacted or Repealed?

Chapter Preface 98

1 The Alternative Minimum Tax Should Be Repealed Chris Edwards 100

2 The Alternative Minimum Tax Should Not Be Repealed Aviva Aron-Dine 106

3 A Value-Added Tax Is Necessary Clive Crook 115

4 A Value-Added Tax Would Be Bad for America Daniel J. Mitchell 122

5 The Estate Tax Should Be Repealed Permanently Arthur B. Laffer 126

6 The Estate Tax Should Not Be Repealed Americans for a Fair Estate Tax 133

Periodical Bibliography 139

Chapter 4 How Should the US Tax System Be Reformed?

Chapter Preface 141

1 A Flat Tax Should Replace the Current System Daniel J. Mitchell 143

2 A Flat Tax Should Not Replace the Current System Holley Ulbrich 153

3 A Single Rate, Federal Sales Tax Is the Best Tax System: Americans For Fair Taxation 157

4 A Single Rate, Federal Sales Tax Is Not the Best System Laurence M. Vance 167

5 The Tax System Should Be More Progressive Robin Blackburn 172

6 The Tax System Should Not Be More Progressive Curtis S. Dubay 183

Periodical Bibliography 190

For Further Discussion 191

Organizations to Contact 193

Bibliography of Books 199

Index 202

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