Refinancing America The Republican Antitax Agenda
Publisher: SUNY Press, December 5, 2002.
Book Condition: New
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0791455890 / 9780791455890
A fascinating account of the long history of anti-tax sentiment within the Republican Party, Refinancing America examines how opposition to income and wealth taxation became the dominant factor shaping the party's political agenda. The countless proposals for tax cuts introduced by Republicans in Congress during the 1990s, as well as the Bush administration’s $1.6 trillion tax cut in May 2001, were not aberrations, but rather the continuation of a long tradition of hostility to taxation. Nevertheless, the rhetoric and devotion to the antitax cause in the 1990s were more pronounced than in the past, and this book explains how this more extreme strain of antitax politics came to dominate the GOP.
Review
"Very reader-friendly even to the tax novice, this book gives an excellent behind-the-scenes look at the legislative process." ― Jay Soled, Rutgers University
About the Author
Sheldon D. Pollack is an Associate Professor of Business Law at the University of Delaware. He is the author of The Failure of U.S. Tax Policy: Revenue and Politics.
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