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ADVISORY PANEL NEXT TO TACKLE COLOR OF SKY CONTROVERSY

April 25, 2005

Professor Maule calls "No Duh" on the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform:

Connie Mack, the former Florida Senator who chairs the tax reform commission, said, "It wasn't until we really had the opportunity to listen to so many different people talk about so many different aspects of the code that it really sunk in about how much and how often the code is being used these days to either create incentives or disincentives for either investment or behavior."

Excuse me, Mr. Mack, but weren't you part of many Congresses that amended the Code, adding layer after layer of special interest provisions masquerading as palliatives for the nation as a whole? Didn't you pay attention to the parade of tax legislation prancing past your desk month after month, session after session, Congress after Congress?

We have had similar thoughts.

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