Don Taylor says I've overlooked them. Count me as underwhelmed. Yes, Ryan argues that under his plan revenues will go from 15 percent of GDP to 19 percent of GDP, an admission, as Taylor notes, that he current tax regime simply cannot be sustained. But the 15 percent is historically low because of the recession; and much of the revenue Ryan claims is related to supply-side delusions.
And there's a very obvious way out. Gut as many tax shelters and loopholes that you can, but don't lower rates by the same amount of money you save through reform. Move some to deficit reduction. Many Americans would then see their tax rates decline, while actually increasing revenues. And yet even that is heresy for the Norquists.
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