Guest Op-Ed: Bipartisanship key to enacting tax reform
BY CONGRESSMEMBER DAN DONOVAN
In the 1980s, President Reagan said in a speech, “Let us go forward with a historic reform for fairness, simplicity and incentives for growth.” The White House, alongside Congress, was able to take these words and turn them into results for the American people as it passed the Tax Reform Act of 1986 – one of the biggest policy accomplishments of the 20th century – into law.
As Congress begins the process of overhauling our nation’s tax code again, it’s critical that we reflect on the biggest lesson learned from the reform process 30 years ago: legislative victories require collaboration from both sides of the aisle.