2 Cheers for Tom Coburn

3 Pages Posted: 8 Sep 2013

Date Written: September 2, 2013

Abstract

Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, has significantly advanced the tax reform debate by being the first member of Congress to put a meaningful list of tax expenditures on the table for reform or abolition in order to finance tax rate reductions. This article reviews his proposal.

Keywords: Tom Coburn, tax reform, tax expenditures

JEL Classification: H20, K34

Suggested Citation

Bartlett, Bruce, 2 Cheers for Tom Coburn (September 2, 2013). Tax Notes, Vol. 140, No. 10, 2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2322112

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