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Taxpayers want more fairness. GOP plan to 'reform' the tax code doesn't deliver

  • Written by Stephanie Leiser, Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Michigan
imageProtesters shout their disapproval of the Republican tax bill on Capitol Hill.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Republicans seem to be operating under the assumption that if the details of their tax “reform” plan are aired for too long, the whole thing might fall apart.

The House passed its version of the most sweeping overhaul of the tax...

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