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Introduction: The Value-Added Tax - A Symposium, Edwin T. Hood
Introduction: The Value-Added Tax - A Symposium, Edwin T. Hood
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On October 22, 1979, Representative Al Ullman, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced H.R. 5665, the Tax Restructuring Act of 1979. Representative Ullman proclaimed the bill, which contains a ten percent value-added tax, as the "largest adjustment in U.S. taxation since 1913." In his statement accompanying the introduction of H.R. 5665, Chairman Ullman states that the overall purpose for the imposition of a value-added tax coupled with reductions in social security and income taxes, is to correct major flaws in the United States economy-namely double digit inflation, declining productivity, inadequate capital formation, and lagging competition with foreign …
Ecology, Growth And Law, John W. Ragsdale Jr