Accomplishing that, however, required petitioning to have the secrecy order lifted as the years passed with his invention living in the shadows. Itâs a common refrain in the stump speeches of politicians that America is a nation of ideas, but Congress decided in 1951 that some of those ideas must nonetheless be kept hidden.
ATR Analysis of Donald Trump Tax Reform Plan. GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump released details of his tax reform plan today. It features a system with much lower tax rates than current law, and a broadened tax base for high income earners. âTrumpâs plan is certainly consistent with the Taxpayer Protection Pledge,â said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform. âTrump has said he opposes net tax hikes and has made clear that the real problem is spending.
One of the central promises of the new administration has been long-awaited tax reform. President Trump has promised imminent executive action outlining the tax reform priorities that he will pursue, and with a Republican Congress in place, some version of tax reform is likely either in 2017 or in early 2018[1].