George Lakoff is the author of Moral Politics, Don't Think of an Elephant!, Whose Freedom?, and Thinking Points (with the Rockridge Institute staff). He is Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley, and a founding senior fellow at the Rockridge Institute.

Bruce Budner is Executive Director of the Rockridge Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan think tank dedicated to strengthening our democracy by providing intellectual support to the progressive community. Before entering the non-profit world, he spent many years as a trial lawyer.

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Progressive Taxation: Some Hidden Truths

Posted April 15, 2007 | 05:38 PM (EST)


At this time of year it seems there are only two things certain in life, taxes and anxiety about taxes. Instead of the perennial talk of a simplified tax form, how about a simplified understanding of the progressive values that underlie our tradition of progressive taxation?

Such an understanding...

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