Perry Flat Tax Is Fool’s Gold for Conservatives: Ramesh Ponnuru
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Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Texas Governor Rick Perry’s tax planis an attempt to solve a problem that no Republican has yetovercome: how to make a flat tax politically palatable. Theresult he came up with is a proposal that is neither flat norattractive.
Perry’s mistake wasn’t in choosing the wrong details forhis plan. It was in taking on an impossible mission. For all itssuperficial appeal, the flat tax cannot be made politicallyviable.