The Simple Tax System

Daniel V. Carbaugh, BA, MS was born in south-central Pennsylvania in 1942. He graduated from high school in 1960, did a hitch in the U.S. Marine Corps and then, too soon, found himself back in his hometown in 1965 looking for a job. Thanks to skills recently acquired from his military service (and a little luck) Dan soon found his way to a forty-two year career with Westinghouse Electronic System in Baltimore. Along the way Dan earned an undergraduate degree from University of Maryland and a graduate degree in Engineering Management from the Johns Hopkins University.



Dan and his family endured twenty plus years as expatriates in Europe, South-east Asia, South America, and North Africa. He retired from engineering management in 2007 and moved with his wife to south-west Florida. Dan's interest in tax reform came as a result of caring about fixing the federal tax code so that he could finally understand it.