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AMERICA NEEDS REVENUE-RAISING,
PROGRESSIVE TAX REFORM

CHAPTER 1

Steve Wamhoff, Citizens for Tax Justice
America needs tax reform that both raises revenue to support investments in our future and
makes our tax system more progressive.
Tax reform should raise revenue to support public investments. Lawmakers often claim
that tax cuts are the best way to help individuals or businesses, but the truth is that public
investments are often the best way to move Americans ahead. Investments in education
programs such as Head Start, research institutions such as the National Institutes of Health
(NIH), and infrastructure projects such as roads, ports, and bridges are just a few examples of
federal spending that makes our economy thrive in the long term.
Even in the short term, public investments do more to boost our economy than tax cuts.
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