Word: bloch
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Works of Beethoven, Mozart, and Vivaldi--Burgundian Ensemble of New York; Boris Bloch, 1978 first prize winner in the Busoni competition, piano; Douglas Montgomery, piano; paine Hall...
More than anybody else, Bloch knows the mood of Americans as the ides of April draw near. The 8,445 H. &R. Block offices and storefronts become confessionals, in which Americans pour out their complaints, fears and frustrations (for an average fee of $25) to the company's approximately 50,000 moonlighting teachers, accountants and other tax preparers...
...Bloch's battalions tell him that tax tensions run high. "Talk of tax revolt has been grossly overstated," says he, "but it probably wouldn't take too much to trigger some type of rebellion." He frets that a demagogue may catch the public fancy by thundering for reducing taxes without reducing spending...
...People are mad because they don't understand the system," Bloch believes. "The old and the poor do not understand why they should pay anything to anyone. Retired people complain about paying taxes on interest income. Middle-income people feel that they are grossly overtaxed because Government programs are aimed at aiding lower-income people...
Nobody seems to have any idea how much taxes he pays in a year, Bloch finds. All each person knows is what is withheld from every paycheck. The loudest complaint is that the IRS tables did not provide for enough withholding in 1978, so many taxpayers still owe the Government money, and that hurts. Some people simply do not file returns and hope that the IRS does not catch them...