Fair Not Flat : How to Make the Tax System Better and Simpler

List of Tables and Figures ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction Time for a Change 1(8) Tax Basics 9(18) The Trouble with the Income Tax 27(18) The Case for a Spending Tax 45(17) Death to Death Taxes 62(16) Progressivity Can Live 78(19) The Fair Not Flat Tax 97(15) Conclusion Toward Class Teamwork, Not Class Conflict 112(5) Questions and Comments about The Fair not Flat tax 117(44) Glossary of Key Terms 161(6) Further Reading 167(4) Index 171