Policy Analyst and Commentator

John Hood

1 article 1998

John Hood is a conservative policy analyst and commentator known for his work on fiscal and economic issues. He is the president of the John Locke Foundation, a North Carolina-based think tank. He contributed writing on tax reform to The Weekly Standard in 1998.

TAX REFORM

September 14, 1998 · Magazine

IF YOU BELIEVE REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS and others in the conservative movement, the issue of tax reform is a sure winner. The debate, it is said, is not about whether tax reform will cross the finish line in the next few years, but about which horse -- the flat tax or the national sales tax -- is…