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2 67th National Conference and Annual Dinner [i] (2004)

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Global Tax Reform: Who's Leading, Who's Lagging, and Is the
U.S in the Race?
November 18, 2004
Facilitator - Scott Hodge, President, Tax Foundation:
I'll ask our next panelist to come up - Mr. Neneman and Mr.
Tvaroska and Mr. O'Loghlin.
Introduction (Scott Hodge): The reason I'm so optimistic
about tax reform in the United States is really because of the
examples being set by the countries represented by our next
three speakers - representing Ireland, Poland and Slovakia. I
had the fortunate opportunity last summer to visit Poland and
the year before that to visit Ireland. And I hope to visit
Slovakia this year to see how tax reform is working there. But
what I've seen so far in Ireland and Poland is really nothing
short of remarkable.
On my trip to Poland this year, I talked to a business
executive in Warsaw, who told us that he was so enthusiastic
about turning his sights away from the East, as the
marketplace, mainly the Russian Federation, etc., and turning
his sights to the West, towards Germany and France. And he
said, with our lower taxes and our cost structure, we are going

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