COED Alumni Report: Tax Reform

Being the college graduate of the group, I think it might be time to get a little serious about the upcoming elections. There are a plethora of issues at stake, and while the media like to pose it as race/gender war, I tend to think the major issues teeter on fiscal responsibility and economic stability - I know, I am a buzzkill…sorry!

This weeks topic: the taxes. The tax code right now sucks. WTF we do about it is the major question. Of course, health reform is a large issue, but as the COED office’s grandfather (@ 25), as long as I can remember there has always been a need for health reform - but it never happens. As long as the economy is steady, it makes a great election talking point but then dies off. Yeah Clinton tried it, but it got pissed all over like a Girl Scout at R-Kelly’s house.

For those of you failing Econ 101, let me re-use a very famous explanation: Read more