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. A Mere Glance At The Tax Code Confirms That It Is Far Too Complex, With Volumes Of Rules That No Ordinary Person Could Possibly Comprehend. What Is To Be Done? Edward J. Mccaffery Proposes A Straightforward Alternative, A 'fair Not Flat' Tax That Is Consistent And Progressive And Would Tax Spending, Not Income And Savings. And If It Were Collected At Its Lower Levels Through A National Sales Tax, Most People Would Not Have To File A Return. A Supplemental Tax On Spending For The Wealthiest Individuals Would Make The National Sales Tax Progressive. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 167-170) And Index.