The Benefit and The Burden Quotes

“it took two full years for final congressional action on the Tax Reform Act of 1986 after the Treasury had already done a thorough analysis and put forward a detailed proposal.”
― Bruce Bartlett, The Benefit and The Burden: Tax Reform-Why We Need It and What It Will Take

“it is generally considered to be the best tax ever invented. It raises more revenue at less economic cost than any other tax. For this reason, many conservatives oppose it.”
― Bruce Bartlett, The Benefit and The Burden: Tax Reform-Why We Need It and What It Will Take

“Tax reform may present another opportunity to address these issues and perhaps improve both the tax system and the health care system at the same time.”
― Bruce Bartlett, The Benefit and The Burden: Tax Reform-Why We Need It and What It Will Take

“It’s as if the concept of taxation as theft—rather than as a shared burden that all should contribute toward as the cost of maintaining a civil society—is now so widely shared that many people applaud those who have figured out how to game the system and pay less than their fair share rather than condemn them as social parasites who claim society’s benefits without paying for them.”
― Bruce Bartlett, The Benefit and The Burden: Tax Reform-Why We Need It and What It Will Take