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William Bradley: “The income-tax system is unfair (equal incomes don't pay equal tax), inefficient (the market knows better where to put…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2015
The income-tax system is unfair (equal incomes don't pay equal tax), inefficient (the market knows better where to put capital than do members of the Finance or Ways and Means Committees), and overly complex (few people fill out their own returns, and tax fraud has reached between $40 billion and $70 billion per year).
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William Bradley
Democratic · New Jersey

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Bill Bradley critiques the income-tax system's fairness and complexity.

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