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Flat is phat.(Flat Tax: Towards a British Model)(Brief article)(Book review)
Allister Heath, "Flat Tax: Towards a British Model," The TaxPayers' Alliance, 2006 (taxpayersalliance.com)
British journalist Allister Heath describes the growing realization of economists and finance ministers worldwide that the current system of complex taxation schemes is fundamentally flawed. The alternative is the flat tax, which stands ready to sweep away retrograde policy and illiterate economics.
Heath offers a comprehensive survey of the case for a flat tax, and although his version is tailored to Britain, it's highly relevant to America's byzantine tax code as well. He shows that the U.S. Treasury's refusal to admit that tax cuts can have a positive effect on the economy has led to seriously inaccurate estimates for future tax revenues. Most recently, the Treasury department ...
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