Bob's talk will explore four points: the need to drastically change the federal income-tax system; the goals of a change; some means to achieve the goals; and a path to meaningful change. lt;brgt;lt;brgt;Bob Jackson is a lawyer with Armstrong Teasdale LLP, a multi-state firm headquartered in Clayton. He has focused his practice on matters of taxation, and he is the senior member of the firm's tax department. Bob graduated from Yale College and Yale Law School. He earned an LLM (in Taxation) at New York University School of Law. Before entering private practice, Bob was an adjunct professor of taxation at New York University School of Law, and he clerked for a judge of the United States Tax Court. Bob is married to Andie Jackson, a member of The Ethical Society of St. Louis's congregation. They met in law school and married right after graduation. They have two children and four grandchildren.