Robert Packwood: “We wanted to keep the same progressivity that we had in the existing…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2015

We wanted to keep the same progressivity that we had in the existing law, but we were going to lower the rates tremendously.

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Packwood explains the goal of maintaining tax progressivity while lowering rates.

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Robert Packwood: “We wanted to keep the same progressivity that we had in the existing law, but we were going to lower the rates…”