The Permanent Tax Revolt: How the Property Tax Transformed American Politics

by Isaac William Martin

Book Overview

Tax cuts are such a pervasive feature of the American political landscape that the political establishment rarely questions them. Since 2001, Congress has abolished the tax on inherited wealth and passed a major income tax cut every year, including two of the three largest income tax cuts in American history despite a long drawn-out war and massive budget deficits. The Permanent Tax Revolt traces the origins of this anti-tax campaign to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804758719
• ISBN13: 9780804758710
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.8"