In their October 14 Wall Street Journal op-ed, former House Speaker Paul Ryan and economist Kyle Pomerleau revived the long-dormant idea of a destination-based cash-flow tax (DBCFT) as a sophisticated alternative to tariffs. They argue that by shifting the corporate tax base to where goods are consumed rather than produced, the U.S. could strengthen manufacturing while keeping global trade “neutral.”
It’s clever in theory.
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