Word: antitax
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...want to do? In two recent debates, he was quick to debunk his opponent's policy ideas but suggested few of his own. And Allen has relentlessly exploited Robb's somewhat aimless campaign. The 48-year-old challenger says Robb is out of touch with "Virginia values," meaning the antitax, socially conservative beliefs Allen happily epitomizes. Allen has also promised that as Senator, he would introduce a $1,000-to-$2,000 "education tax credit" bill to help parents buy computers and school supplies, even if their kids attend private schools, which would make it a kind of below...
TAXING THE INTERNET On one side are state officials, who fear that tax-free e-commerce will erode sales-tax receipts. On the other side are dotcoms and antitax partisans, who argue that a sales tax would stifle e-commerce. The issue poses a dilemma for small businesses: though reflexively antitax, many believe dotcoms are reaping an unfair price advantage from the tax-free Web. Both Gore and Bush favor extending the moratorium but stop there. How tough is this issue? A blue-ribbon panel at press time voted 10-8 not to tax the Internet. Their recommendation has been...
...Republicans that he is the only conservative in the race--that McCain is a closet Clinton who won in New Hampshire because the state has become a hilly suburb of Boston, Taxachusetts. That's a tough sell, since McCain has always been a staunch conservative--pro-life, pro-gun, antitax, antiregulation. But Bush argues that McCain's advocacy of campaign-finance reform and his opposition to whopping tax cuts mean he has abandoned his ideals. The argument is designed to shore up Bush's right-wing support in South Carolina, but it wasn't working so well last week...