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IF, WHEN YOU SAY "CONSUMPTION TAX, " YOU MEAN . . . by Ernest S.
Christian, Jr. and Cliff Massa III Much has been said and written
about consumption taxes in the United States, but mostly in a
theoretical context. Dozens of schol arly treatises have been
published, along with innumerable papers and speeches most of which
were more argumentative than illumi nating in nature. Audiences
have sat through uncounted confer ences on the merits or evils of
consumption taxes, depending on the speakers' perspectives. There
have been only three comprehensive legislative proposals to which
these theories and arguments could be 1 applied, no one of which
was acted upon in the Congress. Purveyors of conventional wisdom
have suggested that this theo retical context might be replaced
within a year or two by actual con sideration of a federal-level
consumption tax. Some see enactment of such a tax as a desirable --
or at least a necessary -- means for reducing the federal deficit.
The National Economic Commission, which was created by legislation
in 1987 to recommend deficit reduction measures, was perceived by
many skeptics and proponents alike to be the Trojan Horse which
would carry a consumption tax Lrhe proposals were H. R. 7015, ''The
Tax Restructuring Act of 1980," introduced by Rep. Al Ullman; S.
1102, ''The Business Transfer Tax Act of 1985," introduced by
Senator William Roth; and H. R. 4598, introduced by Rep."
IF, WHEN YOU SAY "CONSUMPTION TAX, " YOU MEAN . . . by Ernest S.
Christian, Jr. and Cliff Massa III Much has been said and written
about consumption taxes in the United States, but mostly in a
theoretical context. Dozens of schol arly treatises have been
published, along with innumerable papers and speeches most of which
were more argumentative than illumi nating in nature. Audiences
have sat through uncounted confer ences on the merits or evils of
consumption taxes, depending on the speakers' perspectives. There
have been only three comprehensive legislative proposals to which
these theories and arguments could be 1 applied, no one of which
was acted upon in the Congress. Purveyors of conventional wisdom
have suggested that this theo retical context might be replaced
within a year or two by actual con sideration of a federal-level
consumption tax. Some see enactment of such a tax as a desirable --
or at least a necessary -- means for reducing the federal deficit.
The National Economic Commission, which was created by legislation
in 1987 to recommend deficit reduction measures, was perceived by
many skeptics and proponents alike to be the Trojan Horse which
would carry a consumption tax Lrhe proposals were H. R. 7015, ''The
Tax Restructuring Act of 1980," introduced by Rep. Al Ullman; S.
1102, ''The Business Transfer Tax Act of 1985," introduced by
Senator William Roth; and H. R. 4598, introduced by Rep."
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