Tax reform is a real must-do

Published June 20, 2017 4:01am ET



House Speaker Paul Ryan will make the case for tax reform on Tuesday. Different factions of the House caucus disagree about what shape this should take, and the Senate has several different plans. The White House doesn’t have a plan yet.

But an army of lobbyists stands ready to defend every carveout that shields their clients profits from taxes, pushes unwilling consumers to buy what they’re selling, or simply complicates things so much that their clients will need an army of lobbyists and lawyers.

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