Unleashing America's Potential: A Pro-Growth, Pro-Family Tax System for the 21st Century

Abstract: A proposal for overhauling the tax system.

Keywords: book review, politics, income tax reform, family, taxation, United States.

CONTENTS

Foreword: Letter to the American People

Preface: A New Level of Thinking

Introduction: Setting the Eagle Free

Part I: The Report of the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform

Imagine an America ... with a Pro-Growth, Pro-Family Tax Code

At the Boiling Point

Working Principles ... for the Way America Works

A New Tax System for the Twenty-First Century

The Tax Test

Part II: Discussion and Background Papers

Historical Lessons for Tax Reformer

Benefits of a Single Tax Rate System

Taxes on the Poor

Why Capital Matters

Estimates vs. Reality

Tax Biases Against Saving and Investment and How to Fix Them

Growth-Friendly Tax Systems

Deductions and Trade-Offs

Income Tax Treatment of Payroll Taxes and Social Security Benefits

Simplify International Taxation

Biographies of the Commissioners

TRC Advisers and Staff

Members of the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform

Schedule and Themes of Tax Reform Commission Hearings

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DATA

Title:         Unleashing America's potential : a pro-growth,
                  pro-family tax system for the twenty-first century / The
                  National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform.
Edition:       1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Published:     New York : St. Martin's Griffin, c1996.
Description:   xii, 116 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
LC Call No.:   HJ4652.U64 1996
ISBN:          0312146183 (pbk.)
Notes:         Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects:      Income tax -- United States.
               Family -- Taxation -- United States.
Other authors: National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax
                  Reform (U.S.)
Control No.:   96157097 

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