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Election 2012: Tax Reform with Bruce Bartlett and Rosanne Altshuler

Presented by National Constitution Center at National Constitution Center

February 7, 2012

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The U.S. Tax Code has not been fully reformed since 1986. Today, there are serious disagreements about the size of government and what taxes American citizens are willing to pay. Adding to the confusion, Americans have little knowledge of who pays what, how much, and when. Tax reform will be a major issue in the 2012 presidential campaign, and voters will expect candidates to lay out plans that confront budget deficits and account for the expiration of various tax cuts. Bruce Bartlett, columnist for the Fiscal Times and author of the forthcoming book The Benefit and The Burden: Tax Reform-Why We Need It and What It Will Take will join Rosanne Altshuler, Professor in the Economics Department at Rutgers, for an Election 2012 program on tax reform. Bartlett will frame the tax reform debate and explore the advantages and costs of the various proposals and ideas that will come to dominate America’s political conversation in the year ahead. This event is part of Election 2012, the Center’s yearlong programming series on the key issues facing Americans during this important election year.