Why the Budget Deficit Should Not Stop Tax Reform: The EnsuingStruggle over Neutrality

Only a simplified, pro-growth tax code, coupled with SocialSecurity and Medicare systems that allow citizens to fund their ownretirement and health care, can solve the true budget crisis thatthe U.S. government faces. Attaching fundamental tax reform toimpending budget deficits and failing to fix these entitlementprograms would nullify the long-run benefits of tax reform.

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