WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The Giving Review, an independent platform featuring analysis of philanthropy and giving, posted the following commentary on Sept. 1, 2026, by Michael E. Hartmann, senior fellow and director of the Center for Strategic Giving at the Capital Research Center:

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Flat-tax proposals and the charitable deduction

Debating their tax-reform plan first proposed in 1981, Hoover Institution's Robert E. Hall and Alvin Rabushka write, &quo . . .

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