Word: antitax
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...provide up to 150 jobs in depressed Terre Haute, where the unemployment rate is 11.9%. Says Terre Haute Mayor Pete Chalos: "It was a matter of deciding that we wanted Indiana to be a place where we would see more investment." Indiana's action will help the antitax campaign in other states...
Repeal Cheerleader Topper denies that Governor Celeste is the hidden issue. But in Michigan Blanchard is clearly a target of the antitax movement. It started when John Lauve, a GM engineer, sent "the shirt off his back" to the statehouse in Lansing last March to protest the 38% tax increase. His gesture inspired other Michigan voters, and soon a "Recall Blanchard" movement was launched. Within weeks, petitions were circulating across the state to gather the 760,000 signatures necessary to call a special election. Although Lauve and his followers missed the mark, they did get 522,000 names during...
Strategists for both parties are speculating about the effect of these tax revolts on the 1984 elections. Republicans in both states may be helped in their local legislative races. And, with his antitax stance, Reagan may benefit in Ohio, where a close presidential vote is expected...
...Reagan to accept excise taxes as part of the trust fund for the transition of programs to the states. A week before his speech, Reagan agreed. But before he left for Camp David that weekend, he told his top aides that he had decided to stick with his own antitax instincts...
Dean Hazel, 28, a General Motors worker who has been a leader in the antitax movement, claims that the income tax is unconstitutional (incorrect) and that the Flint IRS office lacks the manpower to prosecute so many tax evaders at once (correct, as even the IRS concedes). But the agency has sent warnings to 1,100 people claiming unusual numbers of dependents. "Terror tactics," scoffs Hazel. "The IRS depends on fear." (Correct.) As of last week almost one-half of those receiving letters had asked their employers to resume the proper withholding...