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Our Tax Code Is Broken: Time for Simplification

By Rep. Phil English
Special to Roll Call
Feb. 8, 2008, 11:30 a.m.

Promoting the goals of increased personal savings and an enhanced competitive position for American employers has become an increasingly common priority for policymakers. Less common is a recognition of one of the most direct and effective ways to expand economic opportunities for most Americans: reforming our tax system.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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Our Tax Code Is Broken: Time for Simplification

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