John McClaughry: Tax reform and fiscal responsibility

Editor’s note: This commentary is by John McClaughry, the vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute. 
Republicans in Congress have decided that with their embarrassing failure to “reform and replace” Obamacare, they absolutely must produce one popular legislative achievement to present to voters a year from now. Tax reform is an imperative. There’s not much else coming down the legislative pipeline.
The one tax law change that almost everyone agrees on is reducing