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Revamping Tax Code: The Bush Approach A simple, fair tax code sounds like one of those campaign promises that never quite happens. But the Bush administration insists this is a major goal of the president's second term. Can it be done -- and how? We discuss the president's plan to reform taxes.

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Revamping Tax Code: The Bush Approach

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Revamping Tax Code: The Bush Approach

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A simple, fair tax code sounds like one of those campaign promises that never quite happens. But the Bush administration insists this is a major goal of the president's second term. Can it be done -- and how? We discuss the president's plan to reform taxes.

Guests:

Jonathan Weisman, economic Policy Writer for the Washington Post

Jason Furman, visiting Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Steve Moore, president, Club for Growth; author, Bullish on Bush: How George W. Bush's Ownership Society Will Make America Stronger