Gas drilling must be strongly regulated and reasonably taxed.
So what you find is that we're using a reasonably tax-efficient strategy.
I believe in being reasonably tax compliant, not just out of prudence but also out of patriotism and the belief that the world would probably be more dangerous without American military power.
I have more faith than most that Congress and the President will come up with some reasonably good tax reform.
Similarly, whatever you think the beneficial, essentials are (e.g., medical research, feeding the needy, public education, fostering small businesses, environmental conservation), you should make sure that these projects are fully funded by (reasonably fair) taxes rather than by charity.
Furthermore, if you're someone who enjoys the "affordable luxury" of a beer after work, or sometimes even a few, reasonably-increased taxes aren't going to kill you.
Yes, even though the US has cut tax rates, even though it has, by world standards, reasonably low income tax rates upon high income earners, it's still true that the US tax system is more progressive than most others and also that it has become more progressive again in recent decades.
Yet Michael J. Graetz, a Yale law school professor and leading tax policy expert, has proposed ways to make a consumption tax reasonably progressive; there may be no other way to raise the necessary funds.
But these taxpayers are still doing reasonably well after taxes.
(You can reasonably expect your tax accountant not to send your financial information to the nearest newsroom, regardless of whether there's an explicit agreement to that effect).
