1. Introduction -- 2. Principles and Principals of Tax Policy -- 3. A Summary of Changes in the Tax System -- 4. Taxation in the Postwar Period through 1980 -- 5. The Early Reagan Era -- 6. The Prelude to Reform: 1982 to 1984 -- 7.Tax Reform and Its Aftermath: 1985 to 1988 -- 8. "No New Taxes?" 1989 to 1992 -- 9. Clinton and the New Democrates: 1993 to 1996 -- 10. The "New" Economy: 1997 to 2000 -- 11. Bush II and Compassionate Supply-Side Conservatism: 2001 to 2005 -- 12. The End of the Two Santa Claus Era: Bush II's Second Term -- 13. Who Won?