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Glenn English: “The American tax system looms like a Frankenstein's monster that terrorizes individual taxpayers while casting a cold…”

On the recordApril 6, 2000
The American tax system looms like a Frankenstein's monster that terrorizes individual taxpayers while casting a cold shadow over the productive sectors of the U.S. economy. It is too complicated and riddled with obvious inequities, it punishes savings and investment, it reduces economic growth, and it burdens domestic industries struggling to remain competitive.
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Glenn English
Oklahoma

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Addressing the need for tax reform and the complexities of the current tax system.

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