Bruce Bartlett on the FairTax

Economic author and syndicated columnist Bruce Bartlett, a former executive director of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), discusses his new study on the national retail sales tax known as the FairTax. He offers his criticisms of the proposal and details on other ideas for fundamental tax reform.  Bartlett's Tax Notes article, "Why the FairTax Won't Work," is attached below. For a competing view on the FairTax, listen to Prof. Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Professor of...