In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.
Once upon a time, there was serious debate about replacing the existing income tax scheme with a flat tax so that the tax code was about economic prosperity and fairness, rather than a means of economic and social central planning. Let us look back thirty years ago when this was formally debated by Willian F. Buckley, Jr., Jerry Brown, John C. Goodman, George S. McGovern, Lester C. Thurow, Robert Kuttner, Steven, Mann, and Pierre S. Du Pont, with Michael E. Kinsley moderating.
Until next Friday.
