Quote by Bruce Bartlett

Advocates of a tax overhaul often point to the 1986 act as a model for a comprehensive approach that ushered in a long period…

— James B. Stewart

“[T]he last major effort to simplify the income tax system was passed in 1986; succeeding Congresses have amended it sixteen thousand times in the…

— Neal Boortz

“As I looked over this curious document, I was particularly struck by a band of text across the bottom. It bore the title “Paperwork…

— Thomas Homer-Dixon

The 1986 tax act is sort of the unsung hero of the very good economic times we had for a long time. Of course,…

— George P. Shultz

We cut tax exemptions in 1986, it was the most admired tax reform in U.S. history. Congress and the president worked together then to…

— T.R. Reid

Tax reform is the legislative challenge of a generation for America. It hasn't been accomplished since 1986, when President Reagan and Congress delivered the…

— Kevin Brady

“Ultimately, Reagan presided over the largest tax cut in American history, and accomplished it working in tandem with (rather than against) a huge Democratic…

— Paul Kengor

Tax reform exists, sort of, as an outline - miles away from being actual passed legislation.

— Kristen Soltis Anderson

“I am convinced that if most members of Congress did their own taxes, we would have had tax reform long ago.”

— Bill Archer

Tax reform is a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

— Max Baucus

One of the high spots of the decade for me was offering the bill which culminated in the tax act of 1986, which brought…

— Donald T. Regan

Actually, Congress just did pass a tax plan like Donald Trump`s.They passed a tax plan which some Democrats voted for, significant number of Democrats…

— Lawrence O'Donnell