Word: coded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although Forbes has previously acknowledged that replacing the current tax code with a 17 percent flat tax could diminish receipts by $40 billion, he maintained that the proposal would actually increase revenue because lower rates would encourage Americans to work harder and save more money...
...only way to repair America...[is] by eliminating the source of corruption and political power: the tax code," he said...
...several other early states--a large number even for an established campaign."We tested the hell out of the flat tax," Russo recalls. "It worked really well. A home run every time." At the end of each focus group, Russo asked the participants if they would scrap the tax code even if it meant losing some of their favorite deductions. And while many pollsters since then have found support drying up under such questioning, Russo says those he asked remained enthusiastic...
...political appeal of Forbes' flat tax--a single, 17% rate on all income above a generous personal exemption, and no deductions--lies in its apparent simplicity and its promise to close loopholes for the wealthy and well connected. The proposal has economic appeal as well: a simpler tax code could boost middle Americans' stagnant incomes, in part by freeing much of the $80 billion-plus that individuals and businesses now spend each year on tax compliance and avoidance...
...read Primary Colors, I built my own code book--a list of the characters matched with their real-life counterparts. Around page 90 I gave up in exhaustion, having deciphered three dozen names (an insider's Who's Who that includes Grunwald, James Carville, Harold Ickes, David Wilhelm, Stan Greenberg, Bob Kerrey, Tom Harkin, Paul Tsongas and Mario Cuomo). Some of the portraits are so deliciously vicious, I can only assume the author is settling personal scores. Take this description of the fictional stand-in for Hillary's much feared close friend Susan Thomases: "She was awful beyond imagining...