Clint Stretch
Clint Stretch
hard onto overcome sacred
It's hard to see how they overcome some of the intrusions onto really pretty sacred territory.
couple current guess income playing second system tax
My guess is the panel is playing with a couple of different ideas. One is some...reform of the current income tax system and the second is a value-added tax.
revenue
But that's not where the revenue comes from,
couple
For every couple that wins, there's one that loses.
changes five issue next sitting six timing
I don't think it changes the long-term timing of (tax reform). This was going to be next year's issue in any event, ... sitting out there for five or six months.
argue tax
You can argue that we're not going to do a lot with fundamental tax policy.
allow conversation days focus proposal security social
The other thing it does is allow him to keep the focus on Social Security in the waning days of this Congress, ... If you put this proposal out at the end of July, the conversation shifts.
benefit people political problem
The political problem is that a lot of the people who will benefit from the AMT being repealed don't know they have the problem yet.