Prior to mid-term congressional elections and the wind-up of the next presidential campaign, Brookings will host the year’s most comprehensive, substantive event on this vital and high-profile topic. From across the political spectrum and a variety of academic outlooks, guest speakers and panelists will dissect tax reform plans, their societal implications, and their logistical viability. From the Administration, from the Hill, academia, and the business press, speakers and panelists will include many of the nation’s foremost experts on this labyrinthine and far-reaching issue. Please join us.
Agenda
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March 16
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Income Tax Reform
Jane Gravelle Senior Specialist, Economic Policy - Congressional Research ServiceMichael J. Graetz Professor Emeritus - Columbia Law School, Professor Emeritus - Yale Law School, Author - The Power to Destroy: How the Antitax Movement Hijacked America -
Keynote Speakers
The Honorable Byron Dorgan Former Senator (D-N.D.), U.S. Senate -
Moderator
Alan Murray Editor - Fortune MagazineDiane Rogers Congressional Budget OfficeJ. D. Foster Tax Foundation -
The Flat Tax
Bruce Bartlett Author, The Benefit and the Burden (Simon & Schuster, 2012) -
The Sales Tax
Dan Mastromarco Argus GroupWilliam G. Gale Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy, Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
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