The Bush Defense

[Jordan Hayes]

> For some tax reforms, it is possible for different
> measures of progressivity to yield different verdicts
> on whether the reform results in a tax system that is
> more or less progressive.

Oh, sure; then you have to look at the spending side of the equation: it
does no good to have low taxes if the ultimate result is that the
programs that are important to bringing the poor up don't get funded as
a result.