Tax Policy Teed Up The debate over taxes on billionaires is heating up a larger fight over tax policy for the next U.S. Congress. This is good news because a fight solely over whether the wealthy are evil overlooks many larger issues plaguing the system. The journalist Josh Barro says that everyone needs to stop “microlooting the tax code.” Libertarian Christian Britschgi emphasizes that there are “Makers and moochers on every rung of the tax ladder.” This is because politicians on both the right and left are in a transactional business when it comes to the tax code, adding breaks for the rich but also giving average people exemptions for tips, state and local taxes, and many other selfish and sometimes respons...
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Weighing in on strategic realignment
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