Our Troubling Tax System

Posted by Chris Moody

The U.S. tax code gets more complex every year. It violates civil liberties and, left unchanged, will leave the United States at a powerful competitive disadvantage in years to come, say Cato scholars in this new Cato video.

According to tax expert Chris Edwards, the tax system is growing at startling levels — there are now about 70,000 pages of tax regulations and $300 billion in compliance costs — and it’s only going to get worse.

Chris Moody • April 14, 2009 @ 11:08 am
Filed under: Tax and Budget Policy
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