Delivered at a Meeting of the National Bureau of Economic Research November 4, 1997 Will We Ever Get Tax Reform? By Lawrence B. Lindsey -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In January 1993, departing Treasury officials left some advice written on a blackboard for their incoming colleagues: "broader—base lower rates". This mantra is now broadly accepted as good advice by the Public Finance community, although admittedly we may disagree on the details of base broadening and on just how low rates should be. The departing officials had fought the good fight. The measure of their success was the same as all good volunteers who come...