Fixing the 'Rotting Carcass' That Is the U.S. Tax Code

Cynics are said to be people who are prematurely disappointed about the future. Such dyspepsia is encouraged by watching Republicans struggle to move on from the dog's breakfast they have made of health-care reform to the mare's nest of tax reform. Concerning which, House speaker Paul Ryan, whose preternatural optimism makes Candide seem morose, says: If we're going to truly fix our tax code, then we've got to fix all of it. Trying to fix all of immigration in 2013 and health care in 2010 with comprehensive legislation left almost everyone irritable. Perhaps the third time is the charm ...