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Fair Not Flat : How to Make the Tax System Better and Simpler /

Everyone knows that the current tax system is unfair. Some of the richest people in America pay no tax, while a huge share of the tax burden falls on the rest of us. A mere glance at the tax code confirms that it is far too complex, with volumes of rules that no ordinary person could possibly compre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCaffery, Edward J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2008]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • TABLES AND FIGURES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION. Time for a Change
  • ONE. Tax Basics
  • TWO. The Trouble with the Income Tax
  • THREE. The Case for a Spending Tax
  • FOUR. Death to Death Taxes
  • FIVE. Progressivity Can Live
  • SIX. The Fair Not Flat Tax
  • CONCLUSION. Toward Class Teamwork, Not Class Conflict
  • QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ON THE FAIR NOT FLAT TAX
  • GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS
  • FURTHER READING
  • INDEX